Northern Sask. community gets donated ambulance [Video]

Residents of Stanley Mission will soon get help to deliver better healthcare in emergencies.

After a string of cardiac arrest incidents in 2024, a group of healthcare professionals in Stanley Mission got together to look for a better way to transport patients.

“It wasn’t ideal doing CPR, lifesaving measures in the back of a half-ton in the middle of winter or in the back of a small SUV,” said Janet McKenzie, nurse manager with Stanley Mission Health Services.

In the current system, the community safety officer would pick up a nurse and take them to the patient’s location. But when more serious incidents required transport to the nearest hospital in La Ronge, it could be anywhere from 50 to 90 minutes depending on road conditions.

“We collectively kind of came together and we identified that there’s a need and a better way to do things,” said police officer and advanced …