Date: Mon May  5 10:46:02 2008
Subject: Another Calgary Paramedic To Serve Overseas
From: EMS Public Information

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             CITYBEAT - CITY OF CALGARY PRESS RELEASE
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The City of Calgary Emergency Medical Services sees another
one of it’s paramedics off to serve his country.  Earlier
this year, two Calgary paramedics departed for services as
Medics in Afghanistan serving with The Canadian Military.  On
May 7 Alasdair Robertson-More, a paramedic with Calgary, will
be deployed to Southeast Asia to provide humanitarian
assistance.  His vital work will take place in both the
Philippines and Vietnam.  

Alasdair will be deployed on a US Navy ship along with
Canadian medical and dental personnel. The ship features full
hospital capabilities including emergency, surgery, routine
care wards, ICU, dental, lab, and X-ray facility. It has a
total of 1000 beds including 50 Emergency and 80 ICU beds.
The ship has a full crew complement of about 1200. 

Last year another US Navy ship was responsible for the
deployment and saw nearly 35,000 patients in its 4 month
tour. Many of these people lined up at the ports of call for
days to try and access medical care that they could not get
locally due to either cost or lack of available services.

Alasdair’s experience as a paramedic in Calgary will help him
deal with the vast number of situations he will encounter on
his mission, just as his experience there will further his
skills as a paramedic when he returns.

Alasdair’s friends and co-workers would like to wish him a
safe journey and will keep him in their thoughts during his
important work overseas.


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Public Contact Information:

Paul Lapointe, EMT-P
Public Education Officer
Emergency Medical Services
The City of Calgary
T 403.538.7606

Public Email Contact: 

    ems.dept@calgary.ca

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