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Base Hospital is a hospital that has applied for and been
designated as such by the Minister of Health & Long Term
Care. A Base Hospital provides medical direction, leadership
and advice in the provision of ambulance based pre-hospital
emergency health care within a broad based, multi-disciplinary
community emergency health services system in a specified
geographical area. Base Hospital is a resource centre and
facilitator assisting in ensuring that ambulance based pre-hospital
care and transportation is meeting each community’s
needs. The Base Hospital also functions in an advisory capacity
to the Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care on matters
relating to ambulance based pre-hospital emergency care.
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre was designated
as a Base Hospital by the Ministry of Health in 1986 (formerly
the McKellar General Hospital). At that time, the Base Hospital
was involved solely with the Ontario Air Ambulance Program.
The program expanded to include Land Ambulance in 1988 with
the advancement of land ambulance paramedic skills level from
Basic Life Support (BLS) to Advanced Life Support (ALS) (such
as, semi-automatic defibrillation).
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Ontario Base Hospitals were realigned in 2008 which realized
a reduction in the number of Base Hospitals from 21 to 7 -
Thunder Bay Regional HSC was designated as the Host Hospital
for the NW Region. We provide medical direction, on-line medical
control, advanced care skills training & certification,
quality management, continuing medical education, and guidance
to land ambulance paramedics throughout the NW region; between
Manitouwadge and the Manitoba border. We serve 4 Designated
Delivery Agents (DDA), encompassing 29 land ambulance service
stations, and over 300 paramedics; both Primary Care (PCP)
and Advanced Care (ACP) level of paramedic, as defined in
the current Ontario Ambulance Act.
Elaine Graham
Manager, Base Hospital Program
Phone: (807) 683-2733
Fax: (807) 683-3211
Email: grahame@tbh.net
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