Peel Regional Paramedic Services

Peel Region Paramedics Services
Established 2000
Headquarters Peel Region, Ontario
Jurisdiction Regional municipality
Employees 306 Full Time and 109 Part Time (as of January 9, 2011) Includes Contract and Replacement Workers
Ambulances 70
Chief Peter Dundas, Director of Peel Regional Paramedic Services
Medical director Commissioner of Health Services Janette Smith
Responses 100,000 and increasing
Website Peel Regional Paramedic Services

Peel Region Paramedics Services (EMS) provides ambulatory and paramedic care for the municipalities within Peel Region, in Ontario, Canada. Paramedics operations are based in Mississauga.

At peak times, 52 ambulances and 8 rapid response vehicles are in service to care for approximately 1.3 million people and cover 1,225 square kilometres. In addition to the 50 frontline ambulances, Peel Regional Paramedic Services has 9 Supervisor First Response Vehicles, 2 Emergency Support Units and 2 Support Services Units. Bariatric Units, for obese patients, have also entered routine service in 2011.

Peel Paramedics are overseen by Sunnybrook Base Hospital and Base Hospital Director Sheldon Cheskes.[1] The Paramedics have routinely been involved in ground breaking patient care studies that have revolutionized Emergency Patient Care in the ROC - Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium. ROC is a clinical trial network focusing on research in the area of pre-hospital cardiopulmonary arrest and severe traumatic injury.

Service Issues

Peel Paramedics routinely encounter off-load delays at area hospitals due to the volume of patients transported, lengthy wait times at local Emergency Rooms and the aging population in the Region of Peel.[2]

Operations

Peel Region Paramedics operate in the following geographical entities within Peel Region [3]

List of EMS stations

City of Mississauga

City of Brampton, Ontario

Town of Caledon

Future Stations (estimated by 2017)

Fleet

Services

See also

Paramedicine in Canada

Emergency Services in Peel Region

 Guelph-Wellington EMS Dufferin County Paramedic Service
County of Simcoe Paramedic Service		 York Region EMS
Halton Region EMS Toronto Paramedic Services
   Peel Regional Paramedic Service  
Lake Ontario

References

  1. ↑ http://www.prehospitalmedicine.ca/wp-content/uploads/directives/Paramedic_Guide_2014March_web.pdf
  2. ↑ https://www.peelregion.ca/council/agendas/pdf/2013/epsc%204a.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.peelregion.ca/paramedics/about-para/commitment.htm
  4. ↑ http://www.peelregion.ca/paramedics/about-para/stations/
  5. ↑ http://www.peelregion.ca/paramedics/about-para/stations/

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