This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.B.C. firefighters have been ordered to stop responding to all but the most dire medical emergency calls during the COVID-19 pandemic, a directive that means they will no longer attend most overdoses.
A computer-automated dispatch system usually sends both paramedics and fire fighters to purple and red calls. Under the order, effective immediately, only paramedics will be dispatched to most medical calls. In a statement provided by spokeswoman Sarah Morris, BC Emergency Health Services said the order will protect firefighters from potential exposure to COVID-19 and limit the spread of the disease within communities.
From March 26 to April 1, a period that captures the week when income assistance cheques are distributed and when overdose calls are, Vancouver Fire Rescue Services responded to 89 overdose calls, according to the fire services data. Of those, 31 were classified as purple and 58 red or lower.In March, of all medical calls, VFRS were first on scene 63.4 per cent of the time.
“With a call where it can escalate from not super high priority to very high priority very quickly, by the nature of the poisoning, I think it’s hard to imagine there wouldn’t be an impact on patient care," he said.
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