#OttCity councillors discuss the worsening paramedic situation, starting now.

1,800+ Level Zeros in 2022, or the equivalent of 7 weeks with no ambulance to send. cbc.ca/news/canada/ot…

'This situation cannot continue,' says, GM Kim Ayotte.

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Watch live here: youtube.com/watch?v=_K-lfD…

Some startling statistics.

#OttCity did not meet its response standards for the most life-threatening calls in 2022.

Paramedic chief Pierre Poirier draws councillors' attention to cardiac arrests - paramedics met the response standard less than half the time.

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Chief Poirier: If you're spending 3-4 hours waiting to transfer a patient to hospital, and you know calls are waiting, that presents a moral injury for paramedics. 'It's been tough.'

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Last year, 60 paramedic staff a month were on leave for injuries insured by WSIB. (Off the top of my head, I think the total count is about 700)

That's up from 11/month in 2016.

These are not ergonomic, but related to psychosocial injuries.

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