New Brunswick is the last province or territory without advanced care paramedics and the Paramedics Association of New Brunswick has been lobbying for several years to see advanced care paramedics recognized in the province. Advanced care paramedics can administer medications and use skills that primary care paramedics are not allowed to apply in order to treat patients. "Unfortunately New Brunswick is the last jurisdiction in Canada without these specialized [advanced care paramedics]," said Boudreau. The pilot project will see advanced care paramedics used in Saint John, Moncton, Bathurst and Edmundston. New Brunswick is moving to join the rest of North America by putting advanced care paramedics to work on provincial ambulances.

Source: CBC News May 26, 2016 08:37 UTC