The Chief of Hastings-Quinte Paramedic Services will have a chance to outline for the special provincial consultation team just what changes he thinks are needed to the emergency services system.
At a meeting of the Hastings-Quinte Emergency Services Committee on Wednesday Doug Socha presented his response to the province’s proposed “modernization” of Emergency Health Services.
Hastings County CAO Jim Pine, who is the team consultant on the province’s Emergency Health Services Modernization study, invited Socha to make the presentation at a meeting in Frontenac County, on February 5.
Socha’s 11 page report touches on a number of issues.
Socha tells Quinte News one of the major issues is to change the outdated ambulance dispatch technology to accurately determine what the patient requires.
Socha also intends to outline some local successes.
The report says lengthy offload times for ambulances and delays in transporting medically-stable patients need to be addressed.
It calls for the Ministry of Heath to decrease its involvement in managing paramedic services and focus on the role of regulating and enforcement of regulations. It says Base Hospitals are costing the system millions of dollars in annual recertification, training and retraining staff.
To read the full report by Paramedic Chief Doug Socha, CLICK HERE
