Paramedic

By Stew Kernan

Paramedic Week being celebrated here in Greater Sudbury.

The theme this year is “Enhancing Care…Changing Lives”

At a launch ceremony Tuesday morning, Dr Jason Prpic, the medical director of pre-hospital care, says paramedics do a different type of work than anyone else does.

Paramedics in Greater Sudbury respond to more than 33,000 calls a year.

Chief of Fire and Paramedic Services Trevor Bain says para-medicine has come a long way and the paramedics in Greater Sudbury are always striving to increase the care they provide to the community.