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While ambulance crews in Calgary and Edmonton already take patients in some non-life-threatening situations to places like hospices or community health care centres, across the province they’ll be able to transport patients to 10 more alternative locations by the end of 2021.
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Darren Sandbeck, chief paramedic and senior provincial director of emergency medical services (EMS) at Alberta Health Services (AHS), said at an announcement Tuesday the move will speed up care for patients and reduce the strain on the system.
Rural EMS crews can now deliver patients to some non-emergency facilities
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