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Basic to Intermediate Northern Air Medevac Service

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Saskatchewan Health Care Quality Summit
Saskatchewan Health Care Quality Summit

Improvement Story session at the 2013 Saskatchewan Health Care Quality Summit. For more information about the summit, visit www.qualitysummit.ca. Follow @QualitySummit on Twitter. Basic to Intermediate Northern Air Medevac Service, is a health care enhancement to the residents located within the Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region. Our service provides medical evacuation for patients requiring non-critical/life threatening interventions that are provided by Saskatchewan Air Ambulance and/or STARS. Mamawetan Churchill River Health Region works collaboratively with Pat Campling (Owner/Operator of Transwest Air), Deb Wrightson (Marketing Manager) and Heather McGonigal (Director of Flight Operations) in achieving, executing and improving our Medevac Service. Better Care Kim Ann Bell

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Basic to Intermediate Northern Air Medevac Service Kim Ann Bell This Session is sponsored by:
BASIC TO INTERMEDIATE NORTHERN AIR MEDEVAC SERVICE KIM-ANN BELL, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR ANDREW MCLETCHIE, CEO MAMAWETAN CHURCHILL RIVER HEALTH REGION APRIL 10, 2013
2011 Population 24,226 MAMAWETAN CHURCHILL RIVER HEALTH REGION
 Local Emergency Services would charter a aircraft from their local Aviation companies.  No standardization  Equipment  Type of Aircraft  Time frame to be airborne. HISTORY
 Nov 2009 MCRHR sent out a Request for Proposal.  Jan 2010 Transwest Air was awarded the contract. Transwest Air sub-contracted La Ronge EMS. HISTORY
Basic to Intermediate Northern Air Medevac Service
 All flights are coordinated by the Provincial Aeromedical Coordination Centre;  Provincial Aeromedical Coordination Centre ensures that Air Medical Evacuations is the appropriate means of patient transport; DISPATCHING
 Captain and First Officer must have a current class 1, IFR license;  Be qualified and current on the type of aircraft;  PIC must have 30 hrs. of PIC time within previous 90 days;  Pilots and Dispatchers must audit the Canadian Aerospace Medicine Training Program. CREW MEMBER REQUIREMENTS
 A minimum of EMT License;  Be in good standing with the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics (no restrictions);  Must have the Canadian Aerospace Medical Training Program. MEDICAL CREW
 Aircraft-approved “Lifeport” stretcher, pod and loading system;  Fixed medical equipment;  Satellite phones for the purpose of communication between Provincial Air-Medical Coordination Centre;  On board oxygen supply system. EQUIPMENT
 Flight Crew/Medical Crew complete a Continuous Quality report after every flight.  Medical Crew completes the PCR (Patient Care Report).  Before the 10th of every month these reports are handed to the EPC (Emergency Preparedness Coordinator) for audit.  Audits  Saskatchewan Government Services performs a independent audit  Practitioners from other disciplines are invited to provide feed back. BETTER CARE=PATIENT SAFETY
 Representatives from Transwest Air, MCRHR have developed a Policy and Procedure Manual for the Medevac Services.  Government Services was also involved with the process. POLICIES
TOTAL FLIGHTS
Patient Transport times via Road Ambulance 5 mins.- 3 hrs.
CHALLENGES
Forest Fire 2012
Road wash out December 2011 STANLEY MISSION
Pinehouse Lake Airport
QUESTIONS??

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Basic to Intermediate Northern Air Medevac Service

  • 1. Basic to Intermediate Northern Air Medevac Service Kim Ann Bell This Session is sponsored by:
  • 2. BASIC TO INTERMEDIATE NORTHERN AIR MEDEVAC SERVICE KIM-ANN BELL, EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS COORDINATOR ANDREW MCLETCHIE, CEO MAMAWETAN CHURCHILL RIVER HEALTH REGION APRIL 10, 2013
  • 4.  Local Emergency Services would charter a aircraft from their local Aviation companies.  No standardization  Equipment  Type of Aircraft  Time frame to be airborne. HISTORY
  • 5.  Nov 2009 MCRHR sent out a Request for Proposal.  Jan 2010 Transwest Air was awarded the contract. Transwest Air sub-contracted La Ronge EMS. HISTORY
  • 7.  All flights are coordinated by the Provincial Aeromedical Coordination Centre;  Provincial Aeromedical Coordination Centre ensures that Air Medical Evacuations is the appropriate means of patient transport; DISPATCHING
  • 8.  Captain and First Officer must have a current class 1, IFR license;  Be qualified and current on the type of aircraft;  PIC must have 30 hrs. of PIC time within previous 90 days;  Pilots and Dispatchers must audit the Canadian Aerospace Medicine Training Program. CREW MEMBER REQUIREMENTS
  • 9.  A minimum of EMT License;  Be in good standing with the Saskatchewan College of Paramedics (no restrictions);  Must have the Canadian Aerospace Medical Training Program. MEDICAL CREW
  • 10.  Aircraft-approved “Lifeport” stretcher, pod and loading system;  Fixed medical equipment;  Satellite phones for the purpose of communication between Provincial Air-Medical Coordination Centre;  On board oxygen supply system. EQUIPMENT
  • 11.  Flight Crew/Medical Crew complete a Continuous Quality report after every flight.  Medical Crew completes the PCR (Patient Care Report).  Before the 10th of every month these reports are handed to the EPC (Emergency Preparedness Coordinator) for audit.  Audits  Saskatchewan Government Services performs a independent audit  Practitioners from other disciplines are invited to provide feed back. BETTER CARE=PATIENT SAFETY
  • 12.  Representatives from Transwest Air, MCRHR have developed a Policy and Procedure Manual for the Medevac Services.  Government Services was also involved with the process. POLICIES