Community Paramedicine service will come to Tahsis by Christmas

Community
Paramedicine

BC Emergency Health Services is working closely
with the Ministry of Health, the province's health
authorities, the Ambulance Paramedics of BC
(CUPE 873), and others to successfully launch
British Columbia's first Community Paramedicine
Initiative.

In BC, community paramedicine is intended
primarily for  rural and remote communities that
are sometimes underserved and have aging
populations living with chronic and complex
diseases. The program objectives are to help
stabilize paramedic staffing in these communities,
and bridge health service delivery gaps identified
in collaboration with local health care teams.

While other provinces have introduced community
paramedicine in communities or health facilities,
BC is the first to do so on a province-wide basis.

Community paramedics have been recruited and
completed a specialized orientation program, and
are now providing services in Northern Health and
the prototype communities.

  
Please see the Community Paramedicine Provincial Rollout 
Schedule  for additional information.

For more information, email communityparamedicine@bcehs.ca.