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Originally Posted by Superflyer

To follow up on my earlier post about the EMS meeting here is another fun part that was reported yesterday.

'Shock and disbelief': Notley and Smith spar over worried, leaked email about EMS changes

I think that AHS echoed what Smith was saying though. They are hiring nurses to "handover" patients to in the ERs, so they can get EMS back out taking calls. They also said it's not a 45 minute mandate, but a target.

Honestly, this seems like a reasonable idea to me as a layman. I've been in the ER and to have paramedics just sitting there waiting for a doctor alongside the patients doesn't seem all that sensible? I assume this isn't for a situation where someone has been in a car accident (or whatever) and gets rushed in, but cases where people are coming in by ambulance and they're being triaged.