Community Paramedicine in rural BC, what it is & why it happened — interviews with Nancy Kotani & Amy Poll

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BC’s Community Paramedicine Program, the first of its kind in Canada, provides rural residents with access to information and care previously lacking in many small, remote communities. Nancy Kotani, former Chief Transformation Officer for British Columbia Emergency Health Services, led the development and implementation of BC’s Community Paramedic project, the first province-wide initiative of its…

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Nancy Kotani, on the origins of BC’s Community Paramedic program

Nancy Kotani, former Chief Transformation Officer for British Columbia Emergency Health Services, led the development and implementation of BC’s Community Paramedic project, the first province-wide initiative of its kind in Canada. Ms. Kotani discusses the rationale for community paramedicine, its importance for rural citizens, and how the BC initiative began and evolved in this BC…

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