Paramedic Services

Paramedic Services

The Board has been tasked under the Ambulance Act to insure provision of land ambulance to all citizens in the district of Nipissing with a 50/50 cost share between the municipalities and the province.

Ambulance infront of West Nipissing paramedic base.

THE FOLLOWING ARE KEY COMPONENTS TO PROVIDE QUALITY PARAMEDIC SERVICES IN NIPISSING DISTRICT:

Nipissing Paramedic Service Providers and Paramedics

  • The service providers have 100+ highly skilled and trained Paramedics providing quality emergency medical services throughout the district.

Emergency First Response Teams (EFRT)

  • There are also EFRT volunteer members that operate in some of the rural areas of Nipissing District, including Nipissing North & South (unincorporated areas).
  • The EFRTs provide first aid and CPR where the need arises in order to keep the patient comfortable until the ambulance arrives on scene.
Nipissing District Map showing the types of Paramedic Services available in each municipality.

Ambulance Dispatch

  • The North Bay Central Ambulance Communications Centre provides emergency medical communications services 24 hours/day, 7 days/ week for an area of approximately 60,000 square kilometers (covering Nipissing, Parry Sound, and Temiskaming Districts).

Ambulance Bases and Fleet

  • There are five paramedic bases operating in Nipissing District: North Bay, Mattawa, West Nipissing, Temagami, and South Algonquin.
  • The bases have a combined fleet of 21 ambulance vehicles.

Fit2Sit

The program returns paramedics to the community as quickly as possible.

In June 2023, District of Nipissing Paramedic Services will be launching Fit2Sit, a pilot program in partnership with North Bay Regional Health Center. The Fit2Sit program allows paramedics to leave patients with non-life-threatening illnesses in the waiting room at North Bay Regional Health Center. Patients are monitored by hospital staff but sit on their own until a nurse or doctor can see them.

Having patients sit in a waiting room chair:

  • Frees up stretchers for others in need.
  • Allows paramedics to return to the community faster to respond to emergencies.
  • Makes the 911 process more efficient and cost effective. Paramedics no longer wait in the hallway with patients who are well enough to sit on their own.

MORE INFORMATION ON NIPISSING PARAMEDIC SERVICES:

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