Canadian College of EMS

Thank you for clearing the air Greg.

I think the OP needs a wake-up call on professionalism.
You are entering a health care profession and before you are even educated, the first thing you chose too do was personally nail a fellow EMS professional against the wall on a public forum and include his name.

Your post was highly unprofessional and did not hold water. In the medical profession we use facts! You obvioustly did not gather the facts before smearing this school and Greg personally.

Greg is indeed a leader in our industry, you have no idea (nor do I) what schools have to go through as far as accreditation or practicum problems.
You need to be careful since you never know who your preceptor/instructor/partner/boss will be in the future. You cannot hide behind a computer in this profession.

Please do not take my comments as threatening, I only want you to be a true professional if you are entering my profession. We really do not need anymore whiners in this buisness.


Greg: Please note that the OP views and the views followed by it are not that of the entire EMS community. You have full support of your "real" brothers/sisters in EMS as you make the changes necessary to keep your buisness financially stable, and focus on your work leading the way in this province of forming a new association of ems practitioners.

M. Mobey
ACP/EMT-P
 
Provincial Activities

Good Afternoon:

I feel that as the Provincial Government continues to take on ambulance services under the AHS banner, that the movement may/will continue onto education and training. For over 20 years now the medical community (Physicians) in Alberta has been asking for a Provincial Ambulance system, similar in structure to British Columbia. There were also grumblings about the setting up of a Provincial EMS Training Academy, similar to the Justice Institute in BC.
Some may say that I am paranoid, but when you follow the information on accreditation requirements in Alberta, and the pressure on the private institutions, it is interesting. The requirements to have an approved programme for EMR, EMT, and Paramedic have yet to be defined. The process is under review, and as the rpovincial government moves legislation through in the next few weeks and months, I believe Alberta EMS will look much different than it does now, or has in the past.
Don't get me wrong..I am an advocate for better working conditions for EMS, better wages and benefits, and a safer environment. I am also supportive of moving EMS as a job to a career. I am just hopeful that if major changes are underway/on the way, that some consultation would occur.

These are my thoughts on the subject,

Greg Clarkes
 
GClarkes said:
Good Afternoon:

I feel that as the Provincial Government continues to take on ambulance services under the AHS banner, that the movement may/will continue onto education and training. For over 20 years now the medical community (Physicians) in Alberta has been asking for a Provincial Ambulance system, similar in structure to British Columbia. There were also grumblings about the setting up of a Provincial EMS Training Academy, similar to the Justice Institute in BC.
Some may say that I am paranoid, but when you follow the information on accreditation requirements in Alberta, and the pressure on the private institutions, it is interesting. The requirements to have an approved programme for EMR, EMT, and Paramedic have yet to be defined. The process is under review, and as the rpovincial government moves legislation through in the next few weeks and months, I believe Alberta EMS will look much different than it does now, or has in the past.
Don't get me wrong..I am an advocate for better working conditions for EMS, better wages and benefits, and a safer environment. I am also supportive of moving EMS as a job to a career. I am just hopeful that if major changes are underway/on the way, that some consultation would occur.

These are my thoughts on the subject,

Greg Clarkes
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That is some very insightful information Greg and I certainly appreciate your view on things. You seem pretty genuine and I am sorry for the loss of your accreditation for those courses or whatever...I MAY be interested in taking your NAPD [or is it called IAPD now?] Through your college when i go up to write my ACP for EMT whenever that may be....

So you think this transition will be for the better you think? I am in EMT right now and I just feel super discouraged at times because when I go on albertahealthservices.ca I see nothing but jobs that are just "casual" everywhere on the website for anything EMS related and its super discouraging....Any thoughts about that changing? Do you think there will be lots of job availability in the future? Any thoughts would be appreciated
 
Although likely very impossible for you Greg, if YOU taught the classes your school would be amazing. You came in to teach Anatomy and, wow I never took in so much info so well in my life. YOUR an amazing teacher, I trully do hope things go well for you. And if they do, that You teach as many classes as you can, because you Are an amazing teacher, and most importantly you make learning fun

- Annonymous (probi) :ph34r:
 
Ccoems

Good Luck Guys
 
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No money back.... The school has gone bankrupt after being told through repeated letters that it was still operational. The last letter before the holidays stated we should see the return before christmas, a week after christmas was a letter stating that they went bankrupt. Lots of lessons learned.....
 
Cholo said:
No money back.... The school has gone bankrupt after being told through repeated letters that it was still operational. The last letter before the holidays stated we should see the return before christmas, a week after christmas was a letter stating that they went bankrupt. Lots of lessons learned.....
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Hello Everyone:
It has been a rough ride for this college since the fall of 2010. I wanted to update those following these threads with the "official news". We did seek Bankruptcy protection in December 2010. However, under Canadian Law we opted for an option referred to as "notice of intention to pay". What this means is that the brakes are put on us financially, and we present an offer to everyone that we owe money to. This includes students, companies, etc.
It was always my intention to repay everyone affected when the provincial powers withdrew our accreditation and ability to operate. To that end, each and every person or company we owe money to will be paid 100cents on the dollar. This means full and complete refunds.
I have always been transparent on this issue, but needed to have the assistance of a Trustee to handle the details, and the calls.
If anyone has any questions or concerns, I can be mailed at any time. The college will continue to provide continuing education in PHTLS, EPC, and AMLS. We will also be offering the new Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) class in May 2011. We have already qualified in this class, and will be audited at that time.

Thank you for hearing my side of the situation, and again, my apologies to those affected. We have persevered, and will do the right thing by those affected.

Greg Clarkes, EMT-P, NREMT-P, MICP - President CCEMS Edmonton
 
Wonder if students will every get the driving course that was suppose to be offered or refunds for it?
 
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