One year in, the P.E.I. government says a change in how EMS works has helped lower ER visits
In May of 2025, the province introduced Community Paramedic Response Units to let paramedics treat low-urgency calls on site instead of taking the people involved directly to hospital emergency departments. As CBC's Stacey Janzer reports, the province says the unit has responded to more than 1,000 calls in the last year.