UCPR PARAMEDICS STRETCHED AS THEY COVER FOR OTTAWA "$56"-*5 4r/&84 JOSEPH COPPOLINO nouvelles@eap.on.ca
Ottawa’s lack of ambulances and para- medics is taking its toll on the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR). Paramedic response times in the UCPR have been on the rise since 2015 when the population was under 90,000. That year, the average response time for the highest priority calls was under eight minutes. In 2022, the most recent year with available data, response times were averaging more than 11 minutes for a population of under 97,000. Response time targets are measured on six categories of patient. They include five levels of the Canadian Triage Accuity Scale (CTAS) ranging from level five, which is consi- dered non-urgent, to level 1, a question of life or death. The sixth category is for sudden cardiac arrest. The UCPR response time target for CTAS 1 is eight minutes, CTAS 2 to 5 is 16 minutes, and the target for sudden cardiac arrest calls is six minutes. Since 2021, paramedics planned to hit their target numbers for CTAS 1 calls 48 per cent of the time, CTAS 2 calls 90 per cent of the time, CTAS 3 to 5 70 per cent of the time, and sudden cardiac arrest calls 40 per cent of the time. (In 2021, the planned percentage for CTAS 3 to 5 calls was adjusted down from 90 per cent, a target they failed to hit every year since 2015.) 8IJMF6$13TQBSBNFEJDTIJUUIFJSUBSHFU for CTAS 3 and 4 in 2022, they fell short in every other category, missing their target number by 10 per cent on the most urgent calls (38 per cent), 12 per cent on the second most urgent (78 per cent), and four per cent on sudden cardiac arrest calls (36 per cent). CTAS 5 target times, the least urgent calls, were just one per cent short of planned performance in the region. Ottawa to blame? According to Marc-André Périard, UCPR %JSFDUPSPG&NFSHFODZ4FSWJDFT UIFQSPCMFN EPFTOUOFDFTTBSJMZMJFXJUIJOUIFDPVOUJFT CVU is in sending reinforcements to neighbouring municipalities, like Ottawa, who are in a much more dire situation. In 2022, there were more than 1,800 reported level zeroes in Ottawa, the code used for when there are no ambulances available to respond to emergency calls. To reduce the number of level zeroes, Ottawa has called on the surrounding communities for support, including Prescott-Russell. 8JUIGFXFSDBMMTJOUIF6$13 QBSBNFEJDT from the region are being called on to help their counterparts in Ottawa, leaving fewer BNCVMBODFTUPSFTQPOEJOUIFDPVOUJFT8JUI just seven ambulances operating around the clock, and two additional ambulances during the day, sending just one team of paramedics outside of the region reduces UCPR paramedics response capacity between
Les ambulanciers paramédicaux des Comtés unis de Prescott-Russell manquent régulièrement leurs objectifs en matière de temps de réponse. Le directeur des services d’urgence des Comtés unis de Prescott-Russell explique que l’un des problèmes est l’envoi d’ambulanciers paramédicaux pour aider Ottawa à faire face à la pénurie, en plus des retards croissants dans l’acheminement des patients vers les services d’urgence. - photo d’archive
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Ambulances still stuck at the ER Patient offload times also remain a contri- buting factor across Ontario and in the UCPR. As emergency departments continue to suffer from staffing shortages and the number of patients heading to hospitals for care rises, paramedics and ambulances are forced to wait in hospital ambulance bays for up to two and three hours before handing off patients to emergency department staff, according to Périard. A Hawkesbury and District General Hospi- tal (HGH) initiative calling in a primary care paramedic (PCP) when two or more ambu- lances are expecting to wait two or more hours is helping reduce some of the time QBSBNFEJDTBSFTUVDLJOUIF&%QBSLJOHMPU The PCP can look after up to four patients in the ambulance bay, allowing paramedics to carry on responding to calls. Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has announced several programs to reduce offload times including more funding for paramedics and increasing the number of paramedic student enrollments spots available in the province, but emergency department staffing shortages remains the primary cause of offloading delays, according to Ontario Para- NFEJDT"TTPDJBUJPO1SFTJEFOU%BSSZM8JMUPO 8JMUPODMBJNTPGáPBEXBJUUJNFTBDSPTT the province have increased 12 times over the last year alone, blaming a lack of bed and resources in Ontario emergency rooms.
The OPP have charged a 56-year-old Bourget man with sexual assault, incest and possession of child pornography, among other charges. - archival photo
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