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Peter Adsten

Peter Adsten began his career working for private ambulance services in Saskatoon and Calgary. He then founded Crestline Coach in partnership with Ken Sawatsky and Ronn Janzen and has recently published a history book CRESTLINE- BUILDING WORLD CLASS AMBULANCES.

Peter has a library of classic ambulance photos on his website www.EMSclassics.com and is searching for additional photos for his next book. Please contact Peter at peteradsten@shaw.ca if you have old ambulance photos you would like to contribute.

Angela Anderson

Angela Anderson has her Bachelor of Applied Communications Degree, with a major in Journalism from Mount Royal College and over seven years experience in magazine and newspaper writing and editing. She has been the editor of Canadian Paramedicine since 2008.

Corey Banks

Corey Banks is an ACP and a RN, and has worked in five provinces, including a year of education in the United States.  He has functioned in clinical, educational and managerial roles in Paramedicine.  He attained a Diploma in Health Administration and a Certificate in Adult Education, as well as, is near completion of a Diploma in Emergency Health Management, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Administration.  He is now the Division Manager for Paramedicine & Medical Transport with the Eastern Health Authority out of St. John’s, NL.   He can be contacted by e-mail at:  corey.banks@easternhealth.ca.

Darrell Bardua

Darrell Bardua is a 20 year plus experienced paramedic working with Emergency Health Services in Halifax, Nova Scotia as the Senior Operations Paramedic in the Extended Care Paramedic Program. Darrell also continues to work with Capital District Health Authority as an ED Based Paramedic. Darrell is an advocate for EMS Research and serves as one of the Section Editor’s for the Paramedic Evidence Based Protocols database at Dalhousie University -  Division of EMS.

Dale Bayliss

Dale Bayliss is an experienced Advanced Care Paramedic and Registered Nurse living in Camrose, Alberta. He works part time as an Emergency Nurse at the University of Alberta Hospital in Edmonton and works casual as a Paramedic with Beaver EMS in Tofield, Alberta. Dale also instructs in the Lakeland College EMS programs, which combine face-to-face classroom experiences with online delivery. For information about the Lakeland College EMS programs, visit www.lakelandcollege.ca.

Blair Bigham

Blair Bigham is an advanced care paramedic working land and rotor wing in Ontario.  He has completed his Masters of Science in Medical Science at the University of Toronto and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and is now an Investigator at Rescu, the resuscitation research program of the University of Toronto where he specializes in knowledge translation and patient safety related to cardiac arrest.  Blair can be reached at bighamb@smh.ca.

Lyle Blumhagen

Lyle is the Publisher of Canadian Paramedicine. He can be reached at cp@emsnews.com.

 

Brent Browett

Brent Browett has been working in EMS since 1979, starting as a primary care paramedic in the field and as an ambulance dispatcher. In 1984 he graduated as an Advanced Care Paramedic and for another 16 years he worked full time on the street while functioning as the Program Director for the local Base Hospital. He also managed an in-hospital paramedic response team for seven years during this same period. In 2000 he became an Operations Manager for a large municipal paramedic service and now serves as a Director. Brent’s management education includes an Ontario Supervisory Studies Certificate, and he has two degrees, a Bachelor in Prehospital Care and a Master’s in Justice, Public Safety Leadership and Training. 

Carmen D' Angelo

Carmen D'Angelo is an Advanced Care Paramedic with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Psychology from McMaster University and with a Master in Public Administration from the University of Western Ontario.  He is the Director at the Centre for Paramedic Education and Research and a member of the Ontario Paramedic Research Consortium.  The views contained in this article are his own.  He can be reached at carmen.dangelo@sympatico.ca.

Rex Dulfom

“Rex Dulfom” is a Canadian paramedic with over 20 years experience and someone I’ve known for most of those years. That is not his real name, but I have agreed to allow “Rex” to write under a pseudonym in order to protect the innocent, and guilty, who Rex is associated with. Over the years Rex and I have had many heated discussions about anything and everything related to Canadian EMS. I haven’t always agreed with Rex, but we always have great debates. Therefore, I have asked Rex to contribute an opinion column to CEN. You won’t always agree with him, that I can guarantee. In fact, you may often want to call him something nasty. Rex has no problem with that, as long as you take the time to articulate why you disagree with him. The purpose of this column is to foster debate, not necessarily agreement. Please feel free to send your comments to us at cp@emsnews.com. We’d love to hear from you and publish your responses.

Chris Farnady

Chris Farnady is a graduate of Loyalist College’s Primary Care Paramedic diploma program. Following graduation he went on to complete his Primary Care Flight Paramedic education through Ornge (formerly the Ontario Air Ambulance Base Hospital Program) in Toronto. Chris has since worked for the County of Simcoe Paramedic Services, the Region of Peel Paramedic Services, Flightexec Air Ambulance, Alberta Health Services EMS Metro Edmonton (formerly The City of Edmonton EMS), and the Alberta Health & Wellness Air Ambulance Program. Currently Chris works as a Primary Care Flight Paramedic with Air Bravo Corp. based at Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport (City Centre) while continuing his Bachelor of Technology Management degree and Emergency Management diploma from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. He can be reached for comment at chris.farnady@gmail.com.

Glen Gillies

Glen Gillies has been a Paramedic with Toronto EMS since 1990. He currently sits on the Board of Directors of the Toronto and Ontario Paramedic Associations. In addition to being a busy Paramedic, Glen has been a diehard collector of model and replica ambulance vehicles since his early years and has over 2,700 different ambulances in his collection. Glen can be reached by e-mail at glen.gillies@rogers.com or through the Ontario Paramedic Association at ggillies@ontarioparamedic.ca

Jan Jensen

Jan Jensen is an ACP who works with Emergency Health Services in Halifax, Nova Scotia as the Paramedic Research Coordinator. Jan has a Masters in Appied Health Services Research and is an academic lecturer at the Dalhousie University Division of EMS.  Jan is interested to hear about Canadian paramedic research, and to hear any thoughts you have on research.  Email Jan at jan.jensen@emci.ca

Lyle Karasiuk

Lyle Karasiuk is the Director of Public Affairs for Parkland Ambulance Care in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan. He has been a practising Advanced Care Paramedic for over 21 years. If you have comments about this article, please contact Lyle at lyle@parklandambulance.com. This article represents the author’s own personal views and is not associated with any aspect of any agency that the author may be affiliated with.

Ron Oswald

Ron Oswald is an Advanced Care Paramedic who works for Alberta Health Services in Brooks Alberta. He keeps his family on a little piece of Paradise near Milk River, Alberta.

Jeremy Rudrud

Jeremy Rudrud is a Firefighter/Paramedic with Strathcona County Emergency Services.  He is also a recent graduate of the University of Alberta, Augustana Campus Paramedic Program.

Leah Sobon

Leah Sobon is an A-EMCA Primary Care Paramedic working in the province of Ontario. When she is not working as a paramedic, she spends her time reading novels and working on freelance projects, a children’s series and a novel. Before getting involved in paramedicine, Leah was part of the field of journalism. She found that her style of writing was more suited for independent projects, thus began her other passion of paramedicine in 2006. Since then she has been happily balancing her passion for writing and her passion for EMS.

Brian Thomson

Brian Thomson has been a paramedic for 16 years. He was originally educated in Ontario, but has spent time working in both Alberta and Ontario as both a paramedic and a 9-1-1 communications officer. He continues to work full-time in Ontario as a paramedic and can be reached at briant60@hotmail.com.

Steve Urszenyi

Steve Urszenyi has been a paramedic since 1983. He recently resigned his role as an Advanced Care Paramedic with Toronto EMS and tactical paramedic with the Ontario Provincial Police in order to begin a new career training the next generation of paramedics at Conestoga College. He lives in Toronto with his wife and two teenage children. Steve welcomes your comments and suggestions. He can be reached at medic.steve@rogers.com.

Robin Young

Robin Young is the coordinator of the Conestoga College Paramedic program located in Kitchener, Ontario. He has a M.A. in Adult Education from Central Michigan University and an Honours B.Sc. in Health Studies from University of Waterloo. Robin is an A-EMCA and formerly worked with Toronto EMS.