SHA) said many paramedics will be adding peer-to-peer COVID-19 swabbing to their daily work demands.According to a statement, the contracted and SHA-operated emergency medical services (EMS) offered to take on the role in an effort to improve overall efficiency and lessen the burden on the public health system to test this group of health-care workers.
Saskatoon paramedics facing stress, ‘fear of the unknown’ amid coronavirus pandemic SHA said this will also improve turnaround time for staff being away from work and reduce the potential of an ambulance being taken out of service.“The impact of taking an ambulance out-of-service is a potential risk to patients due to a delay in an ambulance arriving when they call 911,” read the statement..