Matthew Harris, ACP, RN
@MedicMatt17512
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Advanced Care Paramedic, RN, Dad, Husband to @michellekwilson, Nerd, ADHD, GBM widower, proud union member. @medicmatt17512.bsky.social
Ontario, Canada
Joined May 2015
Saw this hanging in the resus room last night. I really like the way it’s worded and I think I’ll use this wording going forward.
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An unforgettable day as Terry reunited with the paramedics & bystanders who saved his life after a cardiac arrest. Terry received immediate CPR, AED and seamless paramedic care with direct transport to a cardiac center. This powerful celebration shows the importance of teamwork!
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A powerful start to our CBRNe response training! 💥 We saw incredible teamwork with our SRU paramedics and @VaughanFire, @CentralYorkFire, OPP UCRT, EMAT, and @YRP. Honored to work alongside these partners in building a safer community! #CBRNePrepared #EmergencyResponse
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Day 1 of our semi-annual CBRNe response training for ou Paramedic Special Response Unit! Partnering with @VaughanFire, @CentralYorkFire, OPP UCRT, EMAT, and @YRP brings unparalleled expertise and collaboration. Thank you to all our external partners! 🚑💪 #StrongerTogether
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No matter where you are our Special Operations Team is willing to go the distance. Thank you @YorkRegionGovt water opera for our day training in water tower access. @YorkParamedics #skilled #strong #SMART
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Who says paramedics can't get in the Halloween spirit? 👻 Can you guess our costumes? Ready to respond in full spooky style! 🚑 But seriously, we’re still here to help, just a bit more boo-tiful this time! 😎 Stay safe, stay spooky! #HappyHalloween
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In the lead-up to Remembrance Day, our York Region Paramedic Service Honour Guard—made up of both active and retired members—are training to pay tribute to those who served. Proud to represent our community and remember the fallen. #ServiceAndSacrifice #WeRemember
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The charge RN was worried. The patient was comatose and breathing poorly. ER MDs, RNs and RTs descended instantly performing invasive life-saving measures, doing comprehensive testing and getting the patient to ICU in a couple of hours. Canada's publicly funded health system.
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Boeing is offering Machinists a 35% wage increase. Strikes work! 💪🏼
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“Professor Harris?!” This was both surreal and made me chuckle. Still wrapping my head around this new teaching gig. Not that I’d ever have any of my ACP students call me anything but “Matt.”
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Crazy that strikes actually work. Who knew?
US port strike ends with an agreement for a 62% pay raise for workers, increasing their wages from $39 to $63 per hour.
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Imagine the impact of a 62% wage increase, because that's exactly what the Longshoremen just secured. It's time to organize your workplace and claim what you rightfully deserve.
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Not surprising. 73% of Cdns open to major reform of health systems. Let’s do what hasn’t been done in Canada. Let’s design/implement a system of universal access to primary care - a health home for every neighbourhood. Other countries do this. We can too.
theglobeandmail.com
Nearly half of all Canadians say their access to medical care has worsened over the last few years, according to survey by public-relations firm Navigator
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The Ford government's Bill 124 has cost the Ontario taxpayer almost $7 billion - and it has worsened the staffing crisis our health care system is facing. The Ford government created this disaster - and they have no plan to fix it. #onpoli
https://t.co/A8lW5Imji4
globalnews.ca
The payouts come after successive courts deemed that Bill 124, which capped public sector wages, interfered with the constitutional rights of unionized workers.
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Sunday day shift is typically a slow one. That means deep clean the truck, clean the station & a team meal at #Lucky13. Instead of our usual breakfast, I brought in my @OoniHQ pizza oven. #MyParamedicDay
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It’s not well-intentioned
While well-intentioned, the Ontario government plan to close 10 supervised consumption sites and create 19 new homeless and addiction recovery hubs fails to recognize the complexity of addiction. #Opinion
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What dummy labeled all their folders by course codes that they definitely don't remember 5 years later?
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So this isn’t really about schools. It’s about closing safe injection sites and letting people die.
#BREAKING - The Ford government is banning safe injection sites within 200m of schools, a move that will close 10 of the 17 in Ontario. It’s also going to introduce legislation preventing new sites & preventing cities from requesting drug decriminalization from the feds
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BREAKING: New research by @hayleycbbrown shows unions are a powerful force for workers with disabilities. But union coverage has declined for all workers since 2009. We need to reverse this trend! #Disability 🧵 (1/5) Read: https://t.co/aUfkmmBHL6
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