Could higher pay for paramedics save lives?

The issue of ambulance care in rural British Columbia is being raised after a Skidegate man died on Haida Gwaii in case an emergency care doctor says could have been prevented with better staffing levels. http://www.cbc.ca/daybreaknorth/interviews/2014/08/11/queen-charlotte-mayor-calls-for-better-ambulance-coverage-after-man-dies/

Dwayne Forsman is the secretary of the Paramedics Assocation of Canada. He says one solution that has worked in other parts of the country is to simply pay paramedics more and give them more work to do.