This presentation was recorded at the 2010 International Roundtable for Community Paramedicine conference in Vail, CO. Bobby Brown and Greg McKinnon from the Emergency Health Service in Nova Scotia, Canada provide an update on their community pararmedicine program. This segment is part 1 of 2 and covers the health system history and background for how the current programs were kicked off. Find more like this at www.ircp.blip.tv. You can also find other EMS TV and Radio programming at www.MedicCast.TV.