Soon he was helping the local francophone community college identify a curriculum that would meet Nova Scotia standards for educating paramedics. He helped develop a curriculum based on a model he was shown in Ottawa.
He was then asked to be coordinator professor and helped graduate paramedics at a primary level along with one graduating class of advanced paramedics over an eight-year period.
During that time he also completed his education to be come an advanced care paramedic and retained his nursing license because he had a private health consultation service.
“After returning to Yarmouth, I also completed a bachelor of arts degree,” d’Entremont said.
In 2008, he became an advanced care paramedic with Emergency Health Services and continued his private health promotion clinic while working as a provider for Department of Veterans Affairs.
“It’s always been fun. I’ve always had the opportunity to enjoy the challenges that came with all the different job opportunities,” he said.
Through his work as a paramedic and such he traveled to Digby many times over the past two years.
“I was really able to develop an appreciation for what Digby was all about,” he said. “The people of Digby are very proud of their hospital.”
As new site manager for Digby General Hospital, his immediate goals are “to get to know the providers, know the community better and to identify what are the priority health-related issues for the community that this hospital serves.”
D’Entremont succeeds Judy LeBlanc, who retired from the position last December, but who remains at the hospital on a part-time basis during the transition period. Her last day will be April 1.
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