In today’s episode, we OttaTalk about Ottawa’s paramedics and what they’re up to in our community.

We’ll talk with Pierre Poirier, Chief of the Ottawa Paramedic Service. We’ll take a closer look at the specialized paramedic units working in our community and discover the positive impact of the Medical Priority Dispatch System (MPDS), which arrived in Ottawa about a year ago.

Today’s hosts are Marlene and Tom!

Links for this episode are:

·         About the Ottawa Paramedic Service

·         Jobs in the paramedic service

·         Paramedic discovery camp for youths

·         Soundcloud

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This is OttaTalk, the official City of Ottawa podcast series where City staff discuss City programs, projects and initiatives. We’ll cover topics that affect your everyday life. How can we prevent basement flooding? Why do we have a three-item garbage limit? What does a Nightlife Commissioner do? We have the questions and the answers on OttaTalk.

For now, look forward to a new episode from us each month.