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  • Title: Canadian ground ambulance services: provincial funding and standards for equipment and training.
    Author: Goldstein DH.
    Journal: Can Med Assoc J; 1980 Sep 06; 123(5):373-7. PubMed ID: 7260779.
    Abstract:
    There is an increasing demand for improved, up-to-date training and equipment for ground ambulance services across Canada. This paper presents the results of a survey of ambulance operations and their funding by the provinces, as well as a comparison of provincial legislation and recommendations on standards for equipment and the training of ambulance personnel. The training standards were found to be very diverse, and the legislated or recommended equipment standards did not meet those of the American College of Surgeons committee on trauma (ACSCT). The cost of ambulance services per capita and the cost to the user of an average 43-km run varied widely between the provinces. There was no correlation between the second cost and how well the province met the ACSCT's equipment standards.
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