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PARAMEDIC SERVICES

9-1-1 Response I Community Paramedic I Public Access Defibrillation Program │Public Relations and Education

PARAMEDIC SERVICES

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide pre-hospital emergency care to those in

Dufferin County and surrounding area

• Provide inter-facility emergency transfers
• Provide high quality, compassionate, safe evidence

based care

• Develop and deliver Continuing Medical Education

for staff on changing trends in medicine

• Ensure safety for all workers in an ever changing

and uncontrolled environment

• Comprehensive Quality Assurance/Quality

Improvement program

• Public Access Defibrillation (P

.A.D.) program

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HOW WE’VE CHANGED OVER THE YEARS

8,352 9,367 9,053 10,194 10,232 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Emergency Calls

• Since 2014, emergency calls

have increased by 18%

PARAMEDIC SERVICES

SOME RECENT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• Accomplishments
• Implementation of 511 mapping
• Increased training of Peer Support team
• Development of Ontario Health team application
• Review and updated tiered response program

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SOME RECENT GOALS

• Goals
• Re-established Remote Patient Monitoring
• Complete development of the new Ontario health team
• Complete Municipal efficiency review
• Advocate and participate in Provincial review of Paramedic

Services

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BUDGET NET CHANGE: +5.21% or $205,970

• Government Transfers +$93,500
• Service Delivery +$149,390 hospital contract

increase 2.3%

• Capital Contribution -$51,610

PARAMEDIC SERVICES MOH Communication upgrades announced Nov. 2019

Project: Computer Aided Dispatch Link (CADLink)

• Data intergration tool
• Information transfer from the Dispatch Centre to the

Paramedic unit Benefits

• Important call information transfer to Ambulance call

report

• Call information and direct routing
• Increased Quaintly assurance, monitoring and oversite
• Seamless transfer of Patient information, times and call

information

PARAMEDIC SERVICES MOH Communication upgrades announced Nov. 2019 (cont.)

Project Computer Aided Dispatch Link (CADLink) Estimated costs: (Currently not budgeted in 2020)

• Based on an projected July 1st installation total costs

will be $35,000 which includes $22,500 up front costs and six months of monthly fees

• 2021 will be $24,000 for the annual support costs

PARAMEDIC SERVICES

CAPITAL WORK PLAN: +125.31% OR $450,500

• Two ambulances
• Fleet Defibrillators
• Fleet Patient Charting Laptops
• Facilities:
• Security upgrades, exterior wall repairs, HVAC upgrades

and exterior door replacement

Questions?

Tom Reid 519 941 9608 ext 1 treid@dufferincounty.ca