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Originally Posted by Slava
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.
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Yeah in theory it is great, and yeah from the article Smith does say this
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In addition to the 114 new hires mentioned by Smith, Williamson said 127 more health workers are being hired to help patients get "back home as safely and quickly as possible."
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This is during a time when nurses and doctors are already very stressed from being over worked and are leaving healthcare by either quitting, retiring or just leaving the province for other places faster than anytime before. I'm sure there are lines of them just waiting to work in this environment.