====== Toronto Paramedic Services ======

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**Toronto Paramedic Services (TPS)**, formerly known as **Toronto Emergency Medical Services**, is a Canadian statutory emergency medical services provider in [[canada:ontario:Toronto]], [[canada:Ontario]].

===== History =====

==== Post-COVID era ====

TPS has run into situations in 2022 where ambulance availability is low, resulting in lower-priority calls being left without assistance in favour of high-risk or higher-priority calls.((Wallace, K., & Ogilvie, M. (2022, August 26). //Rushed to hospital, stuck in an ambulance: Why it’s taking longer to hand off patients to hospitals in Ontario.// Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/08/26/rushed-to-hospital-stuck-in-an-ambulance-why-its-taking-longer-to-hand-off-patients-to-hospitals-in-ontario.html?rf))

===== External links =====

  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toronto_Paramedic_Services|Wikipedia]]