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

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

3. 2011
Population
24,226
MAMAWETAN
CHURCHILL
RIVER
HEALTH
REGION

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

13. TOTAL FLIGHTS

14. Patient
Transport times
via Road
Ambulance
5 mins.- 3 hrs.

15. CHALLENGES

16. Forest Fire
2012

17. Road wash out
December
2011
STANLEY
MISSION

18. Pinehouse Lake
Airport

19. QUESTIONS??