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  • Ontario takes steps to help first responders with PTSD

    Ontario takes steps to help first responders with PTSD

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    Erin
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    BY JASMINE ANTHONY AND ERIN QUEENAN A new bill was passed last week by the Ontario government to enable first-responders with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to acquire faster mental-health treatment. What this means, is after decades of needing to prove their PTSD was work-related, first-responders– such as police officers, firefighters, and paramedics– in Ontario will no…

  • Paramedic takes saving lives to heart

    Paramedic takes saving lives to heart

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    Mehreen Shahid
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    STORY BY MEHREEN SHAHID When he signed up for a career in paramedic services, saving lives was all that was on Nathan Lam’s mind. His first call to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, however, turned out to be just the opposite. When the patient didn’t survive, Lam, a second-year paramedic diploma student at Humber College, wanted to…