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Emergency Medical Responders (EMRs) are licensed to "administer basic life-saving emergency medical care". [26] Upon completion of an approved EMR training program in British Columbia (~100 hours), [23] students may apply for licensing with the Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board (EMALB). EMRs are licensed to provide all Emergency ...
Victoria General Hospital. / 48.467222; -123.4325. Victoria General Hospital ( VGH) is an acute care facility located in View Royal, British Columbia, Canada, a western suburb of Victoria. VGH provides emergency, general surgery and medical treatment services. It is one of two acute-care hospitals on southern Vancouver Island, along with the ...
BC Emergency Health Services. First Nations' Emergency Services Society of British Columbia. Municipal/regional. North Island 911 Corporation, provides 9-1-1 service to North Vancouver Island. Victoria Operations Communication Centre provides 9-1-1 service to Greater Victoria. VECTOR, Vancouver Emergency Community Telecommunications Organization.
Website. www .islandhealth .ca. Island Health, also known as the Vancouver Island Health Authority, is the publicly funded health care provider in the southwestern portion of the Canadian province of British Columbia. It was established as one of five geographically based health authorities in 2001 by the Government of British Columbia.
Emergency medical services in Canada are the responsibility of each Canadian province or territory. The services, including both ambulance and paramedic services, may be provided directly by the province, contracted to a private provider, or delegated to local governments, which may, in turn, create service delivery arrangements with municipal ...
Emergency Support Services (formerly known as Emergency Social Services) (ESS) is a component of Emergency Management British Columbia. As of March 2023, EMBC became part of the B.C. Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness [1] ESS are those services required to preserve the well-being of people affected by an emergency or disaster.
The Medical Services Plan of British Columbia ( MSP) is a government-administered, single-payer health insurance in the Canadian province of British Columbia, operating under the auspices of the country's national Medicare program. Under the Canadian constitution, provinces are responsible for the delivery of health care, while the national ...
Emergency medical services. Emergency medical services ( EMS ), also known as ambulance services or paramedic services, are emergency services that provide urgent pre-hospital treatment and stabilisation for serious illness and injuries and transport to definitive care. [ 1] They may also be known as a first aid squad, [ 2] FAST squad, [ 3 ...