Casual staff - Northern and Western Canada

[Ken Lawson-Williams <Macgyver@FlightMedicMail.com>]

Survey (from personal knowledge gained by talking to crews - not necessarily 100% accurate) of the Canadian programs west and north of the Manitoba/Saskatchewan border:

British Columbia: (As Far As I Know)
Victoria, Vancouver (3 aircraft), Prince George, Kelowna, Prince Rupert - 1 shift per 3 months (system-wide minimum for Ground and Air. Very few (if any) casuals on a list for scheduled flight duty) 

Alberta:
Medicine Hat - (G+A, 2 aircraft, ALS/BLS) = 4x12 hr shifts 
                                            per 3 months AFAIK
STARS Calgary (all casual staff) - RN =
                                   Paramedic =
Calgary - (ALS/BLS) no restrictions AFAIK
Calgary NICU team - RN = 
                  - RT = no casuals AFAIK
Calgary PICU team - MD = No Restrictions
                  - RN = 
STARS Edmonton - (all casual staff) RN =
                                    Paramedic =
Edmonton - (ALS/BLS) No restrictions AFAIK
Edmonton NICU team - RN = 
                   - RT = no casuals AFAIK
Edmonton PICU team - MD = No Restrictions
                   - RN = 
Lac La Biche - (G+A, ALS/BLS) no restrictions AFAIK
Slave Lake - (G+A, ALS/BLS) no restrictions AFAIK
Grande Prairie - (G+A, ALS/BLS) 4x12 hr shifts per 3 moths AFAIK
Peace River - (G+A, 2 aircraft, ALS/BLS) 4x12hr shifts per 6 months
Ft. McMurray - RN = no casuals AFAIK
               Paramedic = no casuals AFAIK
Ft. Vermillion - (G+A, ALS/BLS) no restrictions AFAIK
High Level - (G+A ALS/BLS) no restrictions AFAIK

Saskatchewan:
Saskatoon SK (2 aircraft) - RN's (Air only) =
               Paramedics (G+A) = no casuals on flight duty 
Yukon:
Whitehorse - (G+A) RN's = no restrictions, 
             (G+A) 'Paramedics' = BLS only, no restrictions AFAIK

Northwest Territories:
Inuvik - (RN) (Air + Hospital) = no restictions
Yellowknife (3 aircraft) - RN = 5x24 shifts per 3 months 
                           Paramedic = 5x24 shifts per 3 months 

Nunavut:
Cambridge Bay - (RN) = No Casuals
Baker Lake - (RN) = No Casuals AFAIK
Rankin Inlet - (RN) = No Casuals AFAIK
Iqaluit - No Casuals (2 aircraft), All part-time (from B.C.) 
                                   EMA-3 and EMA-2(T)

Hope this helps. Fly Safe. 
Ken L-W CCEMT-P/WMT

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--- "Bud Avery" <bavery@ehsairmedical.ca> wrote:
>Good day. I am the manager of the Province of Nova Scotia air ambulance
>program and I am attempting to write a policy for casual/part time staff
>and seeking best practices. Do you folks have casual/ part time staff?
>If so, are they required to work in your program a minimum 3 of
>shifts/month? Must they work in another clinical environment as well?
>And if they are required to work in another clinical setting, are there
>experiences that they must get?
>
>Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks
>
>Bud Avery
>Program Manager
>EHS LifeFlight
>Office 902-873-3657
>Fax    902-873-3987
>Pgr    902-458-0517
>Email  bavery@ehsairmedical.ca

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