Last Updated Wednesday, September 23, 2020 3:54PM PDTVANCOUVER -- B.C.’s firefighters are heading to more calls after a policy change at the provincial level — but not so many that a situation that resulted in a Metro Vancouver woman’s death won’t be repeated, according to a local mayor.
Stewart has been raising the alarm about a policy change in 2018 by B.C. Emergency Health Services, which operates ambulances in B.C. Before that, firefighters were called in a variety of medical situations as first responders to administer first aid, support paramedics, and provide a second set of eyes on the scene to make sure dispatchers weren’t making decisions solely based on the call by a bystander who could often be in emotional distress.
“We knew that at some point this was going to result in some serious ramifications. I’m deeply troubled that it was a death,” Stewart told CTV News. By 7:11 p.m. the dispatcher relented and sent firefighters. They moved Bower out onto the street so she could be more quickly picked up by an ambulance, which arrived at 8:07 p.m. The total time from call to ambulance arrival was three hours and six minutes.
But something described as a less serious case, such as a yellow that Bower’s case was originally categorized as, wouldn’t be handled differently under the new rules, he said.
Condolences to family and friends.....😷😷😷🙏🙏🇨🇦🇨🇦❤️❤️😢😢
Hows about the provincial NDP put more ambulances and paramedics on the road instead of buying hotels for people fleeing arrest warrants back east.
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