West Kootenay emergency response team supported 171 patients in 2025
The volunteer physician team was available for 478 threat-to-life emergencies and cancelled 179 dispatches when paramedics stabilized patients.
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West Kootenay emergency response team supported 171 patients in 2025 - Creston Valley Advance
For 13 years, the Kootenay Emergency Response Physicians Association (KERPA) has been saving lives, improving patient outcomes and supporting emergency services across the West Kootenay. KERPA sends specially trained physicians to the most critical emergency calls in the area, a pre-hospital care model that is one-of-a-kind in Canada, but utilized more often in other parts of the world. When a KERPA physician responds alongside paramedics, they …
West Kootenay emergency response team supported 171 patients in 2025 - Grand Forks Gazette
For 13 years, the Kootenay Emergency Response Physicians Association (KERPA) has been saving lives, improving patient outcomes and supporting emergency services across the West Kootenay. KERPA sends specially trained physicians to the most critical emergency calls in the area, a pre-hospital care model that is one-of-a-kind in Canada, but utilized more often in other parts of the world. When a KERPA physician responds alongside paramedics, they …
West Kootenay emergency response team supported 171 patients in 2025 - Greenwood Boundary Creek Times
For 13 years, the Kootenay Emergency Response Physicians Association (KERPA) has been saving lives, improving patient outcomes and supporting emergency services across the West Kootenay. KERPA sends specially trained physicians to the most critical emergency calls in the area, a pre-hospital care model that is one-of-a-kind in Canada, but utilized more often in other parts of the world. When a KERPA physician responds alongside paramedics, they …
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