The province is giving some paramedics more tools to help treat heart attacks. Advanced care paramedics will now be able to use thrombolytics, which are also known as “clot-busters.” Officials say the drug can save lives, especially in rural areas of New Brunswick.
N.B. ambulances will be equipped with thrombolytics this summer
Oliver Pearson · CBC News
· Posted: May 21, 2026 5:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
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Premier Susan Holt announced new abilities for advanced care paramedics that will begin in the summer. Those paramedics will now be able to administer a clot-busting medication called thrombolytics. (Aniekan Etuhube/CBC)
Starting this summer, ambulances in New Brunswick will be equipped with a “clot-buster” drug that can stop heart attacks or at least minimize their damage.
The province announced on Thursday afternoon that it’s spending $2.5 million to equip advanced care paramedics with pre-hospital thrombolytics.
“This is a tool that lets us deliver earlier care and treatment before a patient gets to the hospital. And it does save lives,” said Premier Susan Holt.
Health Minister John Dornan said the drug, which is given through an IV,
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