Renaming of MedTech and MedA

[Alberta Bound]

AHS TEMS are full time permanent ACPs whose primary duty is to provide support to either Calgary PS Tactical or Edmonton PS Tactical ( which ever they are tasked to). As EMS swapped from being supplied by municipal services to the provincial govt in Alberta. Thats why Alberta Health is the employer and supplies TEMS to the City police.
No idea on recent call volume. Each team used to do a few hundred calls a year.

 

[mariomike]

No idea on recent call volume.

According to CanTacMed, ( Dec., 2024 ) Toronto’s 20 ETF paramedics do over 700 calls a year.

20 paramedics would = ten two-person crews, with each partnership doing over 70 ETF calls per year.

When not doing ETF calls, they would be assigned the prosaic jobs the rest of the fleet does on a day to day basis.

With only one, or possibly two ETF crews on duty city-wide, and with respond times to ASHE being important, RTF arrives "firstest with the mostest."

ETF – $1000.00 annual premium

Being Senior Qualified on the Multi-Patient buses meant they only sent you to multi-patient incidents.

However, unlike ETF, there was no annual premium.




Saw this in the Alberta collective agree re: EMS SPECIALTY TEAMS PARTICIPATION

ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES (hereinafter referred to as the Employer)

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THE HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (hereinafter referred to as the Union)

RE: EMS SPECIALTY TEAMS PARTICIPATION

EMS Specialty Teams are not positions, but are assignments allocated by the Employer on an as-needed basis to existing Regular Employees who already hold positions within Alberta Health Services EMS. EMS Employees may be appointed to participate on EMS Specialty Teams. Selection of Employees for membership on EMS Specialty Teams shall be at the sole discretion of the Employer based on requests for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and eligibility will be identified on such requests for EOIs.

Did not see anything about a TEMS premium in the Alberta collective agreement.

 

[NavyShooter]

Um....question - how does civvy EMT related stuff in Toronto relate to the renaming of these trades?

I'm curious, because while it is vaguely adjacent, I don't see it being anything to do with the re-naming of the trades?

Can you focus on the topic at hand, rather than tales of Toronto EMS?

 

[mariomike]

Um....question - how does civvy EMT related stuff in Toronto relate to the renaming of these trades?

I'm curious, because while it is vaguely adjacent, I don't see it being anything to do with the re-naming of the trades?

Can you focus on the topic at hand, rather than tales of Toronto EMS?

Um .... Question from Kang_13,

How well does serving as a medic in the CAF transfer into civilian applications?

I understood that to indicate an ambition to "transfer into civilian".

So, I replied,

You might like it ( CAF ), and stay in for whole ride.

Didn't see any Paramedics reply, so I added what I know about "transfer to civilian".

Including what I learned about Alberta Paramedics,

Saw this in the Alberta collective agreement re: Alberta EMS SPECIALTY TEAMS PARTICIPATION

ALBERTA HEALTH SERVICES (hereinafter referred to as the Employer)

- and -

THE HEALTH SCIENCES ASSOCIATION OF ALBERTA (hereinafter referred to as the Union)

RE: ( Alberta ) EMS SPECIALTY TEAMS PARTICIPATION

Alberta:

( Alberta ) EMS Specialty Teams are not positions, but are assignments allocated by the Employer on an as-needed basis to existing Regular Employees who already hold positions within Alberta Health Services EMS. EMS Employees may be appointed to participate on EMS Specialty Teams. Selection of Employees for membership on EMS Specialty Teams shall be at the sole discretion of the Employer based on requests for Expressions of Interest (EOIs) and eligibility will be identified on such requests for EOIs.

Did not see anything about a TEMS premium in the Alberta collective agreement.

 

[NavyShooter]

Gotcha, so you should have split to a new thread instead of polluting this one.

But you didn't.

So here we are. Talking about EMS in Alberta, and Toronto, instead of renaming a trade.

Big thumbs up for you here...on point, true to form etc etc.

 

[Jarnhamar]

This - seriously.

In the days of yore we had one medic per rifle company. I reckon that the UMS could have surged a few more forward if needed.

I recall it often being difficult to get a medic attached to our rifle company for training. The kids we would get seemed practically useless in terms if scope of practice.

2x paramedics and 2x cpls would be great. I feel like it won't happen often.

 

[mariomike]

you should have split to a new thread

ok

Split to Emergency Services : "Alberta Paramedics ".

 

[MedCorps]

2x paramedics and 2x cpls would be great. I feel like it won't happen often.

I think until Med Tech / Med A / Combat Medic / Paramedic digs itself out of the manpower shortage hole they are in then you will not see it. The trades are very understaffed, and it is hoped this new combat medic MOSID will fix that by streamlining the time to OPF. Doctrine is aspirational as they say and how often do you see a Mech Coy fully staffed and equipped per the doctrine? It does look like this will be the scaling for Latvia, so that is a good sign.

The new Scope of Practice for Combat Medics is robust for a Coy / Pl Medic at the Cpl rank.

 

[Blackadder1916]

The new Scope of Practice for Combat Medics is robust for a Coy / Pl Medic at the Cpl rank.

Is the Scope of Practice available anywhere on the net or is it still a draft document?

 

[MedCorps]

Is the Scope of Practice available anywhere on the net or is it still a draft document?

It is approved (both paramedic and combat medic). Not sure I have seen it outside of DWAN yet.