Rural Ambulance Citizen Action

01/01/2026

“Retired Paramedic Don Sharpe runs a blog called Wheresmyambulance.com.
There, he posts the results of FOIP requests he submitted regarding Alberta EMS, as well as stories of burnout from working paramedics across the province.”

11/24/2025

Rural communities need to read this.

https://open.substack.com/pub/donsharpe/p/tell-me-if-youve-read-this-already

How Good Reforms Fail: The Warning Example of Alberta’s Borderless EMS System

11/16/2025

Where's My Ambulance?
Jordan Geske and Don Sharpe discuss the problems and solutions to fix EMS in Alberta.

In this powerful and eye-opening episode of The GOODNITE Show, host Jordan Geske sits down with Don Sharpe, a former EMS paramedic and ambulance driver, to e...

01/18/2025

The 4 Horsemen of the EMS Apocalypse.

I say this without malice, just with a great deal of sorrow.It’s not that these organizations have done nothing but none of them have done enough. Or perhaps they’ve just not been very successful, other than keeping themselves busy.I left out the HQCA, did think about making them a tiny horse or...

01/18/2025

“… a million bucks to cover 750 shifts,
that makes up 2% of the empty seats.”

Ever wonder what happens when you combine epic leadership fails, a dash of corporate gaslighting, and enough financial mismanagement to make your head spin? You get Strike Teams. Sounds cool, right? Like something out of a summer action blockbuster. But alas, it’s not Vin Diesel saving the day; it...

12/05/2024

Health Link - Road To Nowhere.

They say you can’t polish a turd, but AHS EMS leadership seems determined to prove otherwise. Enter the EMS-811 Shared Response program, a "solution" so clumsy it makes duct-taping a leaky pipe look like cutting-edge innovation. On paper, this program was supposed to save paramedics from burnout a...

11/28/2024

Alberta EMS South Zone Report.

Imagine you're in one of Alberta's many towns in the South Zone—Oyen, Cardston, Fort Macleod, or Brooks. There’s an emergency, and you breathe a sigh of relief when you realize your town has an ambulance. That is, until you find out that the only one available has been sent off to another commun...

11/10/2024

This year it’s more important than ever to understand the advocacy role the APA has.

With our new website, an Annual General Meeting occuring and many changes happening in the Paramedic world:
The President of the Association has a message to share. While you're there, take a tour of our NEW WEBSITE and give us some feed back of what YOU would like to see! See you Dec.6th!!!

https://albertaparamedics.ca/2024/11/message-from-the-president-2/?v=3978d1f1b618

11/04/2024

For much of the latest news and entertainment regarding AHS EMS.

Welcome to our mission to provide citizens with statistics and information about their local ambulance services. New posts about EMS in the Calgary Zone and the province as a whole including frequency of service disruptions, non-emergency transfers, and ambulance relocations. Explore our site to lea...

07/28/2024