Record year for emergency calls in Saskatoon [Video]

This has been another record-breaking year for medical emergencies in Saskatoon.

With Saskatoon paramedics responding to more than 42,000 emergency calls in 2024, the increase comes as no surprise to paramedics.

“We’ve seen another increase for our paramedics responding again and in this last year. And that’s something that we’ve been trending upward for probably the last 10 years. So it’s no real surprise,” said Troy Davies, director of public affairs for Medavie Health Services West.

“What’s good is that it’s kind of plateaued a little bit, I think roughly 63 more responses over last year where after COVID, we’ve seen significant numbers increase for us.”

Davies says the data can be misleading, noting that Saskatchewan’s community paramedic program also responded to calls that would have otherwise gone to Medavie.

“Their numbers doubled to over 8,000 calls. So, 10 years ago, those 8,000 calls would have fallen on departments in our emergency …