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Cambrian, Ornge air ambulance service forge partnership

Ontario's air ambulance service, Ornge, has forged a partnership with Cambrian College.
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Cambrian College and Ornge have forged a new partnership. File photo.
Ontario's air ambulance service, Ornge, has forged a partnership with Cambrian College.

Through this partnership, Cambrian College will deliver an Advanced Care Paramedic (ACP) graduate certificate program beginning September 2014, which will develop and support the training of highly skilled flight and land paramedics.

This is Ornge's first partnership with a community college.

"Our partnership with Cambrian College helps to support the increasing demand for flight paramedics in the province of Ontario," says Dr. Andrew McCallum, president and CEO of Ornge.

"It is important that we work with our partners in the education system to ensure the highest level of care is available to the patients of Ontario."

Applicants must be a graduate of either a Canadian Medical Association accredited two-year Ontario College PCP diploma, or an Ontario PCP program as outlined by the Paramedic Association of Canada and the National Occupational Competency Profile for Paramedicine.

They must also be a provincially certified PCP and successfully complete a Cambrian College entrance exam with a minimum of 70 per cent.

"Cambrian is pleased to partner with Ornge to provide programing that is in line with our history of excellence in paramedicine education and training, as evidenced by the 100-per-cent pass rate that our paramedic students have achieved for 10 consecutive years," said Dan Draper, dean, Schools of Health Sciences and Emergency Services.

"This program is an obvious evolution in our programming and one that will benefit students, Ornge and the hundreds of thousands of patients in need of emergency care each year in Ontario alone."

Twelve students have been accepted into the inaugural program and began their studies this month. Applications for September 2015 will be accepted beginning Oct. 1, and are processed through the Ontario Colleges website.

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