Troy Clifford: BC's Paramedic Crisis
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Troy Clifford began his service career with the British Columbia Ambulance Service in 1988 and has worked in a range of patient care roles across BC including dispatching, training and education, emergency management, advocacy, and currently serves as a Unit Chief in Osoyoos, BC.
He is a recipient of the BC Ambulance Service, Chief Operating Officer’s Commendation for exemplary achievement for Leadership and Community Service, has held numerous elected and appointed union and pension trustee positions over the years and he currently serves as the President of the Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia.
Troy joins us on this episode to discuss the paramedic crisis in BC and how the recent collective agreement struck between the province and the union begins to address some of the issues exacerbating that crisis.
He also weighs in on the sustainabilty of the provincial ambulance service model, and shares a paramedic's point of view on the early stages of the province's drug decriminalization experiment.
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