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GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
direct route but involve travel by winding backcountry roads which may also include one or more connecting turnoffs. Sometimes, Chrétien noted, a rural am- bulance unit may need 12 to 15 minutes to get to some call locations. Rural response times may also change during winter be- cause of road and weather conditions.
The response time goals for heart attack and CTAS 1 situations are based on the res- ponse time limit guidelines that the province sets. Goals for the other situations are based on guidelines that the counties set. During a later interview
The UCPR ambulance service expects a 90 per cent achievement rate for meeting the counties’ 10-minute maximum 10-minute time limit for paramedic response in emer- gency situation which are not life-threate-
Paramedics in the Prescott-Russell res- pond as fast as they can to emergencies. One challenge they face is trying to meet response time guidelines that the province sets which are weighted in favour of more urban ambulance service units. “That makes it a big challenge for us,” said Michel Chrétien, emergency services director for the United Counties of Prescott- Russell (UCPR). He presented counties council with a summary report of land ambulance response time expectations for the region for the 2015 and 2016 operation periods. Police issued Wanted alert The Repeat Offender Parole Enforcement Squad (ROPE) has issued a Canada-wide warrant for Paul Ouderkirk, 33, wanted for breach of parole. Ouderkirk is an aboriginal man, five-foot-six, 180 pounds. He has a tattoo of tribal flames and a naked woman with wings on his left arm and a
ning and at least a 45 per cent achievement rate for eight-minute maximum response limit time CTAS 1 call situations where there is an immediate
One challenge they face is trying to meet response time guidelines that the province sets which are weighted in favour of more urban ambulance service units.
Chrétien noted that the gui- delines the province sets are based on urban ambulance unit response situations where distances between the unit and the emergency
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threat to life. For calls involving a sudden heart attack requiring or already involving use of a defibrillator, the UCPR ambulance service seeks at least a 30 per cent achieve- ment rate for a maximum six-minute res- ponse limit.
location may not be as far and also involve direct routes.The urban response time gui- delines do not take into account rural set- ting situations which often involve greater distances for an ambulance crew to travel and also locations which may not have a
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tattoo of buck- shot and tribal flames on his right fore- arm. He also has a surgical scar on his upper chest. O u d e r k i r k was serving a three-year sentence for robbery, car- rying a con-
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Assault Russell County OPP have a youth assault case. A young woman is charged with assaulting her ex-boyfriend at scho- ol. Names are withheld as she is under 18 and to protect the identity of the victim. cealed weapon, weapon possession, and failure to comply with a probation order. He is known to frequent the Cornwall, Chesterville, and Toronto areas. Anyone seeing him or with information on his whereabouts is asked to call the ROPE Squad, toll-free, at 1-866-870-7673, the CrimeStoppers confidential tips line at 1-800-222-8477, or 911. Do not make contact or attempt to detain him. – Gregg Chamberlain
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