Ambulance New Brunswick is taking steps to improve patient care.
It has reintroduced the use of emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and will soon use multi-patient vehicles for non-urgent transfers.
“Until now every patient being transferred required an ambulance and two paramedics,” said Health Minister Bruce Fitch.
“Using EMTs to help handle non-urgent transfers and using multi-patient vehicles will help ensure other ambulances, staffed by paramedics, can respond to emergency calls.”
Since January, Ambulance New Brunswick has hired 21 EMTs and recently received its first multi-patient vehicle.
The first three multi-patient transfer teams will be based in the Moncton, Fredericton and Saint John regions.
EMT Kelsey Savoie shows Health Minister Bruce Fitch the lift on the multi-patient transfer vehicle. Image: Submitted/Government of New Brunswick
