Lake of The Woods District Hospital - Central Ambulance and Fire Communications Centre

Procédé et formulaires

No application process

Admissibilité / population desservie

No restrictions

Frais

Service - Ambulance fees for residents and non-residents; Ontario Health Insurance Plan (OHIP) subscribers ($45); Non-residents ($240); Rates may vary

Contacts

Chad Buist - Director
807-467-3701 * chad.buist@ontario.ca

Langues

English

Notes sur la langue

Ojibway, upon request

Accessibilité

Accessible en fauteuil roulant

Description des services:

Deploys, coordinates and directs the movement of all ambulances and emergency response vehicles in the Kenora and Rainy River Districts
Land ambulance services:

Prioritizes the urgency of requests for assistance
Determines the appropriate destination hospital to meet patient needs
Provides callers with pre-arrival first aid instructions
Assigns the closest available and most appropriate ambulance to each emergency
Coordinates the transfer of patients between health care facilities

Air ambulance assistance for:

Coordination of air ambulance response to remote communities
Inter-facility transfers

Also takes calls and dispatches for:

All NW Ontario Fire & Rescue Services
First Nations First Response Teams
Lake of the Woods Search and Rescue