In September, Alberta Paramedic Association volunteers could be found set up at a booth in the halls of the University of Alberta interacting with hundreds of Health Sciences degree students. These future Doctors, Nurses, Lab tech's, Occupational therapists, and more,...
This is the time of year for reflection. A time to consider where we have been and where we want to go. The Alberta Paramedic Association Executive have spent the past several months not only reflecting but restructuring to establish an organization that can...
Until the formation of the Alberta Paramedic Association, there was no way for Alberta's paramedics to communicate with entry to practice schools in a meaningful and impactful way. Concurrently, there is no format for schools to unify their voice with the voice of...
August 1, 2017 The Hon. Sarah Hoffman, Deputy Premier, Minister of Health Government of Alberta 423 Legislature Building 10800 - 97 Avenue Edmonton, AB T5K 2B6 Re: Professional Liability Insurance Dear Minister Hoffman: The Alberta Paramedic Association (the...
Violence and threats towards paramedics is a growing problem that needs to be addressed at various levels. Due to the nature of the profession, paramedics have always had to accept a certain level of personal risk when attending any call from things like traffic,...
Working groups are being populated! Working groups are the lifeblood of the association. These groups are formed as both temporary task orientated and long-term standing groups of practitioners from a variety of experience, education and workplace setting to lead and...
The proclamation is a founding document produced after months of consultation with many stakeholders including Alberta Health, Alberta College of Paramedics, employers and most notably, you, the members! Alberta Paramedic Associations' Proclamation - PDF...
APA and PAA collaborative workshop held in Edmonton Nov 18th was an outstanding success! We heard you...... and so did they! More than 60 Psychologists were in attendance as Greg Gorecki and Marc Moebis, both practicing Paramedics, presented on the...
On Oct 5th APA board president Dusty Myshrall, and Exec Director Marc Moebis presented to ACoP council. They brought forward updates on what has been happening both behind the scenes and operationally. Great focus was placed on moving forward as the APA works to...
Through the summer and fall of 2016, the APA has been busy behind the scenes lobbying the media to use appropriate terms such as 'Paramedics' to replace 'ambulance attendants' and only reference Paramedics or EMS when it is appropriate to the story being...