Community paramedic teams expand across Alberta
(WorldNews Canada)

Associate Health Minister Brandy Payne announced a major expansion of community paramedic supports throughout Alberta. Mobile community paramedics provide on-site care to seniors and other Albertans with chronic conditions, reducing the use of ambulance transport, acute care beds and hospital resources. An $11-million expansion of the program will add 20 full-time community paramedics to the 30 already working in Calgary and Edmonton. These new paramedics will work out of dedicated call centres in Calgary and Edmonton to provide specialized support for...