Our internet usage policy up here strictly prohibits, among other things, streaming video on our computers. Since we have a fantastic T1 (or better) internet connection in the dispatch centre, this has been an issue for a while. I have asked about the intent of the policy and was assured that it was in place [...]
Entries Tagged as ‘BC Ambulance Service’
September 14, 2009
When calling 911 …
The majority of people that call 911 in our region speak to an operator asking them if they want police, fire or ambulance. The various police and fire agencies in each city get calls for their community downstreamed to them, but if you ask for the ambulance, you get BCAS. We are the [...]
July 24, 2009
Bring on the tshirts?
We’ve started on a campaign to give us the ”opportunity to be “civilly disobedient” and demonstrate union solidarity without putting patients at risk” by wearing “on strike” tshirts at work rather than the normal uniform. While the implementation has been a little bit dicey, the idea could be fairly sound.
While it has been argued that there is no decision to be [...]
May 26, 2009
Walking a Very Thin Line.
The vast majority of our EMD and EMCT staff are licensed Primary Care Paramedics. All of our staff are Cupe 873 members. We believe as all our members do that our ambulance service is “a system in peril” (saveourparamedics.com). Our short staffing (which, understandably, is also a Nationwide problem) and haphazard coverage in some of British Columbia’s smaller towns [...]
May 2, 2009
Where is the ambulance?
Like all kids, my brothers and I regularly bugged our parents for stuff while growing up. We couldn’t figure out why instant gratification wasn’t ours. Whether it be for a toy, a milkshake or simply some money to go to the corner store, the answer was always the same: “Money doesn’t grow on trees.” That statement [...]
