May

Under the Workers Compensation Act, when a firefighter who was regularly exposed to the hazards of a fire scene contracts a prescribed occupational disease, the disease must be presumed to be due to the nature of the worker’s employment as a firefighter. 

The Firefighters’ Occupational Disease Regulation lists the following nine cancers as prescribed occupational diseases that are causally related to the occupation of firefighting: 

What profession might you have pursued, if not medicine?
Biologist.

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Each time we conduct a membership survey, the BCMA receives very favorable res­ponses from a large majority of members. Our strength is directly proportional to our degree of unity. To achieve this, we need methods for resolving the issues that threaten to divide us so we can arrive at decisions by consensus whenever possible. 

Dr Ross Brown examines a patient using a pocket-sized
ultrasound at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics.