Jeff Marples

Advanced Care Paramedic, Community Paramedic, Former CBRN Incident Response Paramedic, aspiring Drone Paramedic. My views/opinions are my own.

[Instant Weather Ontario ⚡️ @IWeatherON]

Devastating news coming out of Kelowna, BC tonight where a wildfire is rapidly spreading. It is threatening the 20th largest city in Canada with over 200,000 residents within the metropolitan area. The latest reports suggests it has jumped the lake and is now within the northern part of Kelowna.

Our thoughts go out to those in Kelowna along with Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories as they deal with out of control wildfires.

[Kyle Brittain @BadWeatherKyle]

Kelowna is on fire.

[Central Ok Emergency @CO_Emerg]

143 properties in the Bartley Road area and 620 properties in the Rose Valley area of West Kelowna are now under Evacuation Order due the McDougall Creek Wildfire.
For more information: https://t.co/AXRt1Zrchh

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

https://t.co/LJLpuAEcVk

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

It’s a shame more Paramedic Services in Canada don’t equip staff with rainbow probes or Rad 57’s to detect CO % levels in patients matching these symptoms. 🔥 💨

[CDC @CDCgov]

Carbon monoxide (CO) is a deadly colorless and odorless gas. Since you can’t see or smell CO, it’s important to know how to recognize signs of CO poisoning so you know when you’re in danger.

Learn more about staying safe from #COpoisoning: https://t.co/poRqeK8ELCarbon monoxide (CO) is a deadly colorless and odorless gas. Since you can’t see or smell CO, it’s important to know how to recognize signs of CO poisoning so you know when you’re in danger.

Learn more about staying safe from #COpoisoning: https://t.co/poRqeK8EL9

[Colin McCarthy @US_Stormwatch]

The North Atlantic is in uncharted territory.

The entire ocean basin is a record-smashing 1.5°C above normal, as millions of square miles of ocean experience strong to severe marine heatwaves.

Off the coast of Canada, ocean temperatures are up to 9°C (16°F) above average!

These record-warm temperatures are already having devastating impacts on marine ecosystems. In Florida, water temperatures have soared as high as 98°F (36.7°C), with coral bleaching ongoing and expected to rapidly ramp up throughout the Gulf of Mexico and Caribbean in the coming weeks.

Record-warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic will also fuel potentially stronger hurricanes and a more active hurricane season. More heat in the ocean equals more energy, increasing the upper limit of hurricane strength and thus exponentially increasing the damage potential of storms.

For example, a 110 mph Category 2 hurricane has over 2x the damage potential of a 100 mph Category 2 storm.

With over a month until water temperatures typically peak, the North Atlantic is just 0.1°C away from tying the all-time record for its highest ocean temperature (set last year), which it will inevitably break in the coming days.

[Instant Weather Ontario ⚡️ @IWeatherON]

#onstorm 1:06p TORNADO WATCH ISSUED by Environment Canada

Brockville - Prescott
Merrickville-Wolford - Kemptville
City Of Ottawa
Gatineau
Prescott And Russell
Cornwall - Morrisburg
Smiths Falls - Perth - Eastern Lanark County
Renfrew - Arnprior -...

https://t.co/zC5luvTIfS

[Instant Weather Ontario ⚡️ @IWeatherON]

#ONStorm #ONwx Video of potential tornado in Beachville near Woodstock.

Via: https://t.co/Qzynzw8wCO

[Renfrew County Scanner @RenfrewCntyScan]

Posted: 2240hrs - May 19th 2023
BREAKING:
Shooting in Renfrew - The victim is VSA and is gone to the hospital.
OPP are on the scene, avoid this area.
Will not post location, do not ask. DO NOT POST it in the comments.

[Kyle Brittain @BadWeatherKyle]

Some of the more grotesque, eerily-coloured smoke plumes I've ever seen tonight over central Alberta wildfires #ABfire #ABstorm

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

Wildfire season in Alberta is extra vicious this year. Evacuations everywhere including entire hospitals.

[SatWorld @or_bit_eye]

🔴⚠️🔥Terrifying evolution of the more than 80 current #Wildfires in #Alberta, as captured by #GOES18 today May 5 in the latest 7 hours via #ABFire @zoom_earth #Canada #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #climatebrawl @ai6yrham @StormHour @GeraldKutney

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

I wish all paramedic services invested this much into the prevention and treatment of critical incident stress management. It’s an inevitable part of the job that requires more from the employer to ensure the career longevity of its workers. Psychological injury is real.

[OntarioParamedic.ca @OntParamedic]

22% of paramedics will develop PTSI. So what can be done to help?

✅ $2M of funding (2022)
✅ $9.6M in funding (2023)
✅ $52M facility in the Region of Peel

All possible due to the support of paramedic association members! This is just the start.

https://t.co/Uq3DmZUdS2

[Alberta EMS War Room @AB_EMS_War_Room]

It gets worse 😞 Cst. Ryan was married to a Paramedic. She is expecting their first and only child. She was working, and was at the same hospital that her deceased husband was brought too.

Shot by a teenager, who tried to kill his mother too.

#abhealth #abpoli #LODD

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

@ZiebarthPayton “Our girl”

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

Sneak peak into our world. Hammy stole the show obviously 😎

[CTV Ottawa @ctvottawa]

CTV News Ottawa was given the exclusive opportunity to ride along with Renfrew County Paramedic Services Commander Kerri-Lynn McGrath for a look at a day in the life of a paramedic. https://t.co/PobDLTBrat

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

@wademacp Blessed day 🤣

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

Shout out to @wademacp for sharing his knowledge and passion for hocus pocus to make this possible.

[96.1 myFM @961myFM]

Paramedics in Renfrew County are being commended by the trauma team lead at CHEO for their use of point of care ultrasounds. https://t.co/uhVQidAX4l

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

@RenfrewCntyScan She’s everyone’s favourite! Sixty niiiiine!

[Jeff Marples @jeff_marples]

In a province like Ontario that has removed entonox from its symptom relief drugs, we need another BLS alternative quickly. This self limiting inhaled analgesic from Australia seems to be the next best thing. I hope to see this in a blue bag soon!

[Dalhousie Division of EMS @DALDivEMS]

Great new study out of the QEII ED in Halifax with 4 ED paramedic authors! A Pilot Study of Inhaled Low-dose Methoxyflurane to Support Cunningham Reduction of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation
https://t.co/ey0SKIG90a