Paramedic Services Week - Education and outreach

Today for #ParamedicServicesWeek, we highlight the education and outreach work that paramedics do every day among each other and for the public. This work is all about preparation, harm reduction, and prevention.

Just a few examples here: This week, Frontenac Paramedics are onboarding a healthy cohort of new recruits. Some of them have experience with other paramedic services, others are freshly graduated. They’re being trained and checked-out on their ambulance driving skills and autonomous IV procedures among the education work they’re required to complete before they’re certified to work.

New Frontenac Paramedics recruits are checked-out on safe ambulance-handling skills, May 21.

Frontenac Paramedics lead autonomous IV training for new recruits, May 21. On the public-facing side, Paramedics visit classes of students of all ages to teach about careers in paramedicine. They oversee training and certification for public programs like the Neighbours Saving Neighbours program for cardiac arrest. They maintain a continual presence at the Consumption and Treatment Site for those who may be living with substance-use or other medical disorders. They conduct public service campaigns advising patients how and when to best access emergency medical services. And much, much more.

Frontenac Paramedics liaise with students in all programs of all ages from kindergarten to these Queen's Health Sciences students we visited on April 6, 2024.

Frontenac Paramedics teach CPR and proper AED use to Neighbours Saving Neighbours volunteer responders on May 9, 2023.

Frontenac Paramedics maintain an ongoing presence at the Consumption and Treatment Site in Kingston to provide treatment, guidance, and support for those living with substance-use or other medical disorders.

Frontenac Paramedics run ongoing public service and awareness campaigns to help people access the right social and medical services at the right times and to preserve emergency medical capacity for those who need it most.

An injury avoided, the right treatment and first-aid applied at the right time, and teaching people about how best to prepare for emergencies that hopefully never happen can and does save lives. It's one of the best ways you can #HelpUsHelpYou.