any ems/paramedics out there who are or have moved to canada that can give me any advice on equivalancy, provincial exams etc, ride outs in august on my scouting trip(alberta) i will be very grateful

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Sorry dont know you answer to this but ..................


Have just been on a website and seen that Lethbridge EMS are recruiting firefighters and paramedics. Dont know which one it was tho

Do a search for Lethbridge EMS on google and you shoulld find it.

The WIKIhas an article on the town and we are in the southern region of the province.

Gaynor
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Use the forum's search function to look for threads that include the word PARAMEDIC in the Canada section. There have been some previous discussions.

The internet is a wonderfull thing, you can find just about anything by using Google's search engine.

It took me 5 seconds to find this information website for the "Alberta College of Paramedics " which is the regulating body in Alberta, for paramedics.

Go here to read the information.

http://www.collegeofparamedics.org/

You could also do a Goggle search for " Calgary EMS " or " Edmonton Paramedics " or "EMS services in Alberta ", too.

Jim Bunting. Toronto.

There is no shortage of work.

Yes, contact ACP http://www.collegeofparamedics.org/r...f_province.php

then sit the the equivalency exam and possibly do a practicum. It's slow and on a case by case basis. DO NOT come here, get a temporary registration get a job, sit the exam and fail it and then be unemployed whilst unable to pay a mortgage. Get all your permanent registration done first then get a job. Assuming you are an ACP (advanced care paramedic/EMT-P)-ACLS/PHTLS/PALS/NALS etc. Once you have passed the exam then employers will jump all over you as there is a dire shortage of paramedics.

Like everything here it's because of expansion of the oil industry & rapid growth in population

If you work in Calgary or Edmonton, after 3yrs fulltime with a bit of overtime expect to earn in the region of $70,000 CDN. If you want to work in the oil patch, expect to be bored beyond belief but make up to $15,000/month. If you work outside of a major centre expect to earn half of Calgary or Edmonton. It's a very different system then the UK but it works well for the region.

The job is the same, the accents are different.

Really, it's a matter of deciding if the place is for you and deciding where to live. The link below as most of the provinces employers are looking for work

Jobs: http://www.collegeofparamedics.org/employment.php
http://www.aaoa.biz/

forum
http://www.paramedicweb.info/ipb/index.php?act=idx

thanks for the info pretz, you have sugested what i'm planning to do (if all goes well) i'm coming over to alberta in august (still to arrange meetings with ems firms etc..) also in the process of gathering as much info for my equivelancy. i'm hoping to meet up with some one from the collage of paramedics when i'm over there, if you have any experience of this process i would be very gratefull. cheers shad

You'll have to keep me informed on how you get on Shad! (as I'm sure my OH would be intrigued to see how you do :thumbup) he is also a state registered paramedic and the Head Emergency Planning Manager for SCAS

The process was rather painless. It's well laid out on the ACP website, send in everything they require such as transcipts, references, ACLS, PHTLS cards etc. A couple months later they set an examination date for written and practical exams and I did a short practicum. It's all pretty standard stuff set on an international standard. I'm not joking when I say the job is the same the accents are different.

The only difference is that I was offered every job I applied for, they really are short staffed! And the transport times can be longer, much longer, as in hours.

Best wishes.

Won't be around in Aug as on holidays exploring the oregon coast

just for your info, was quizzed at length by an EMS paramedic the other night at a job, they are so desperate they are considering getting the PNP route for paramedics in edmonton apparently, no date yet set.

Just wondering if anyone has made it through the EMT P challenge process with the ACoP

If so, could I pick your cerebral matter as my exam date with NS provincial register to sit the advanced care paramedic ticket is not forth coming as quick as I would like and am from BC originally anyway.

Cheers