“We did identify this last year, when we saw a huge increase from 460 to 604 Narcan doses we were giving. So to see that we’ve only given 50 more doses shows that our new partnerships and programs that we’re using are working.”
Davies added that Narcan kits are being given out through their ambulances. The stats show an average 35 to 40 Narcan kits are restocked monthly. Medavie Health Services West said pediatric calls were also on the rise, jumping up to 1,913 calls compared with 1,309 for kids aged 12 and under in 2021.New hospital program helps Toronto’s homeless, cuts ambulance offload time“We looked at the numbers and it’s not a COVID thing, it’s not a flu thing. It’s just a lot of sick kids .”
Davies said that Medavie has been working on ways to mitigate the number of patients being taken to already struggling emergency rooms, adding that it has been expanding the use of community paramedics. He said that community paramedics have been in place for about four years, working in areas like long-term care, but added that Medavie has been expanding its role to work in places like the Saskatoon Tribal Council Wellness Centre or the Health Bus.
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