Betty Ann Williams had to wait 30 minutes for paramedics to arrive, an unusually long time. She succumbed to her injuries shortly after being admitted to the hospital.

In its report, the Council identifies several factors that have contributed to this long wait. The case of Betty Ann Williams was initially incorrectly classified as low priority. However, ambulances were not available for low-priority calls in the Calgary area at the time.

The Emergency Services Communications Center (EMS) was also understaffed that day and there was a disruption in communications between theEMS and the clearance of the City of Calgary.

It took 30 minutes and 32 seconds from the time the incident was entered into the computer system until paramedics arrived on siteTo explain Charlene McBrien MorrisonPresident and Chief Executive Officer of the Board of Directors.

Had the incident initially been classified as a life-threatening situation, we estimate that the response time would have been reduced to 14 minutes 26 seconds. Beats EMS target times but comes closecloses them.

The Medical Director ofEMS, Ian WalkerHe considers it impossible that a faster reaction time by the paramedics would have saved his life Betty Ann Williams.

However, he believes there are lessons to be learned from this tragic event. Alberta Health Services therefore accepts the report’s 16 recommendations, mostly related to communication, and says several are already being implemented.

The Calgary Police Department is also being targeted by some emergency response protocol recommendations. She says she reviews her incident response for emergency services.

Police have also conducted a criminal investigation into the owners of the dogs following the attack, which concluded last fall. Through our findings and discussions with Crown prosecutors, it was determined that we did not have the necessary grounds to bring criminal negligence-resulting charges against the owners of the dogs.the Calgary Police Department recalled in a press release.

A plan to straighten out the ambulance system

The Alberta Department of Health and Health Services have presented a plan on Monday Improving ambulance response times in the province, based on recommendations from two reports.

In particular, he relies on increasing immigration and more places at colleges and universities for the training of paramedics in order to find more paramedics. Several pilot projects are also underway to find ways to release paramedics faster.

However, Alberta’s New Democratic Party (NDP) believes this plan is too late.

We are in a crisis and, as the report of the [conseil], the lives of Albertans are in danger. However, the United Conservative Party continues to make changes on the fringes rather than addressing the real issuessays the health spokesman for the NDP, David Shepherd.

We need to hire more staff and keep the staff we already have or there will be more tragic stories like this.