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Last updated Jan 31 2006 08:26 AM MST9 @7 ^2 h& ]- Z! e
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There's been a big jump in the number of "red alerts" in Edmonton this year.5 b. D& @2 U4 }! Z% _" J
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"Red alert" is the Emergency Medical Services term for the situation when there are no available ambulances in the entire city.
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. V/ {# m: h( E% j/ xLast week, a red alert led Capital Health to admit that hospitals can't keep up, meaning ambulances have to wait at emergency until the hospital can take the patient.
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5 ?9 I: f0 s R/ {4 jEMS says there were 36 red alerts last year, and nine so far this year – including two Monday afternoon.
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Randy Littlechild, head of the union that represents paramedics, says things are getting worse.+ F \3 x, J' b0 a; s% S/ W1 }2 I
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"We're doing everything we can, but the system is falling apart – really and truly – it's not working," Littlechild says. ! S% H' m. F9 o& P! t- w' S! D- c0 s
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He says it has come to the point where there has to be an increase of rooms and beds in Edmonton hospitals.
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7 q% a4 x2 z7 A6 \" w5 S7 DCapital Health says it will look into making changes to that part of the system. |
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