Quick call 911 Traditional Cache
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History of BC Ambulance Service In 1970, R. G. Foulkes, a physician and hospital administrator, developed the Health Security for British Columbians report for the Minister of Health, a document which identified and attempted to address many of the health care issues existing at the time. The key recommendation resulting from this report was that the Province of British Columbia assume responsibility for all privately and municipally operated ambulance services in the province. Specifically, the Foulkes report advised that "the fractionated ambulance services provided by private companies, volunteer agencies and municipal fire departments be amalgamated under one jurisdiction." Amalgamation of the Ambulance Service in 1974 Following the release of the Foulkes report, the Health Emergency Act (HEA) was proclaimed, establishing the Emergency Health Services Commission (EHSC) as an agent of government. Through the Act, the EHSC was endowed with the legislated mandate to ensure the provision of high quality and consistent levels of pre-hospital emergency medical services throughout the province. Thus, the new provincial BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) was born. 1974-1980 became known as the transition period, during which time training and patient care standards were established and cross boundary disputes were eliminated. This period also saw the implementation of Advanced Life Support units in a number of BC communities as well as the creation of the Infant Transport Team, a specialized paramedic team responsible for providing care to pediatric, neo-natal and high-risk obstetrics patients while en-route to specialized care units. During this time, centralized Dispatch/Communications Centres were also established, the Air Ambulance Service became an integrated service with the ground ambulances and BCAS began serving more remote communities that, at one time, had no form of emergency health care. Since its inception, the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) has evolved into a single unified operation, decentralized by design, but providing the organizational structure necessary for system improvements in operational efficiency, effectiveness and quality of care. This growth has taken a gradual path, as over its history the BCAS has assumed responsibility for ambulance service provision in communities increasingly more distant from the population centres of the Lower Mainland and Victoria. Kamloops has two ambulance stations, one on the North Shore and one on the South Shore. There are 4 designated ambulances and 1 daytime air ambulance. Some of the highest trained paramedics work here in Kamloops. Beside the Dalhousie station is the Northern Interior Dispatch Centre. This centre takes 911 calls and dispatches ambulances all over British Columbia, except Vancouver and Vancouver Island (they each have a Dispatch Centre as well). Paramedics of BC and Paramedic Dispatchers work every day, every hour, and every minute.
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