VEZINA: Ontario's defibrillator bill needs reform to save lives
Bill 141, the Defibrillator Registration and Public Access Act, 2020, is having both positive and negative impacts on emergency medical response times in Ontario. If you watch medical television shows or movies and hear medical staff yell, “Clear,” and then shock the person, the defibrillator is the shocking machine. Recently, the grace period ended and businesses that have a publicly accessible defibrillator are now mandated to register it with the government. VEZINA: Opening schools in the era of COVID-19 VEZINA: Answering questions about CPR and COVID-19 Operationally, an inspector arriving at a workplace, even if the business in question is doing everything properly, causes a disruption and a loss of efficiency.
