British Columbia Ambulance Service

British Columbia Ambulance Service is the most common air ambulance service in Canada. Actually, it is the one and only source of crisis pre-hospital ambulance service in the zone of British Columbia. This air ambulance also offers inter-facility tolerant transport services in conditions whereas a sufferer requires to be stirred in conveniences of health care.

The air ambulance service has a fleet more than 450 land ambulances activating from one hundred and ninety stations over the states. Transmit cores in Kamloops, Vancouver and Victoria give ambulance transmitting services and call-taking services to the complete county.

History of the British Columbia Ambulance Service

Before 1974, the British Columbia Ambulance Services were commonly not coordinated. A group of fire departments, personal operators, volunteer ambulance brigades and funeral homes was offered service. Because of approvals created by the report for pre-hospital treatment of the Seaton Commission, the government in British Columbia made the emergency commission of the health services. The government was made the British Columbia Ambulance Service on Fourth of July of 1974.

Governance

Under the Health Emergency Act, accountability to the emergency ambulance services grants to the Emergency Commission of Health Services in British Columbia. The Emergency Commission of Health Services is supposed like a mediator of the supervision of British Columbia. It holds each responsibility for the emergency air ambulance services in the county.

Practically, the members of the Commission proceed are working like directors of a Board of the British Columbia Ambulance Service. The members of the Commission is included a groups of representatives of government, medicinal professionals and administrators of health services. Commission is met to offer direction to the Executive Management Team of the British Columbia Ambulance Service.

Organizations

In the British Columbia, about 190 air ambulance stations are located. These stations have staffed with full time paramedics, full-time and part- time paramedics or part-time paramedics. It is based on where the station is established.

A paramedic chief is the head of every station that is acted like a supervisor for the medical group on the stations. A paramedic chief holds up to date administration jobs needed by the station such as ambulance repair, overseeing station and payroll management and medicinal group scheduling.

The British Columbia Ambulance Service is classified into the following areas

Lower Mainland Area

• Northern Area
• Vancouver Island Area
• Interior Area

This ambulance service has a local headquarters, which is situated in Victoria, Canada. The staff of this ambulance service includes support services and executive management group.