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I did choose to not spinal this patient based on the said above findings, however, a complaint was filed against me by a firefighter that was on scene at the time for not placing this patient on a spineboard. Firefighter had no patient contact nor did he do an assessment of his own. He is...

Well, our high risk factors here in Alberta for spinal immobilization include rollover, ejection, 100km/hr+, 65y/o+, paresthesia in extremities, ATV/bicycle trauma. So I ended up ruling out a high risk MOI. Palpated the entire head, just a bit tender around the abrasions, no signs of any...

Call the other day 6 pt MCI, just one guy was my patient. 35 y/o male in MVC, his vehicle, one of those old vans that you expect to see shag carpeting in, was moving at 50km/hr, wearing seatbelt, sitting in the rear seat. They t-boned a mid size SUV going unknown speed on a icy oilfield road. No...

I work for one of the oilfield companies here for the time being. Still attempting to get on with the EMS service where I can actually get some experience. I just started my EMT-A or PCP, whatever you want to call it, last week.

Yesterday was the magic day. No more barriers between Alberta and BC!

So here's my question. I have not been able to find any information on this anywhere, although I have not tried to call either licensing department yet. Do you still need to redo the examinations when you move to BC as an EMT-A from Alberta if you're already licensed by ACP? I heard something...