Halton Region Paramedic Services

Halton Region Paramedic Services
Established	August 2000
Headquarters	Oakville, Ontario
Jurisdiction	Regional
Employees	~280 Full-time and part-time
BLS or ALS	Both
Stations	15
Ambulances	23
Chief	Greg Sage (Chief), Christine Barber (Deputy Chief, Logistics), Peter McMurrough (Deputy Chief, PDQI), Tom Stirling (Deputy Chief, Operations)
Medical director	Dr. Sheldon Cheskes
Responses	~50 000
Website	Halton Region Paramedic Services

Halton Region Paramedic Services provides emergency medical services to the municipalities of Halton Region:

Burlington
Oakville
Milton
Halton Hills

Halton Region Paramedic Services has approximately 280 Paramedics and 15 Paramedic stations throughout The Region. The service began in 2000 and replaced two different contractors to the Ontario Ministry of Health.

Fleet Staffing edit

A Halton Region ambulance responding to a call

23 Ambulances during the daytime and 14 overnight.
4 First Response Units during the daytime
1 Emergency Support Unit, on call

Stations edit

Oakville, Ontario edit

1179 Bronte Road (00 Station - Headquarters)
1080 Cornwall Road (12 Station)
139 Georgian Drive (02 Station)
3019 Pine Glen Road (14 Station - Tactical Base)
289 Woodside Dr (15 Station)

Burlington, Ontario edit

455 Cumberland Avenue (03 Station)
1018 Willowbrook Road (04 Station)
2130 Brant Street (05 Station)
5200 Corporate Drive (10 Station)

Milton, Ontario edit

2665 Reid Side Road, Campbellville (06 Station)
492 Childs Drive, Milton (07 Station)
7825 Louis St Laurent Ave, Milton (17 Station)
6650 Fifth Line, Milton (16 Station)

Halton Hills, Ontario edit

53 Maple Avenue, Georgetown, Ontario (13 Station)
39 Churchill Road South, Acton (08 Station)

Special programs edit

Honour Guard
First Response Units
Tactical Paramedic Team
Community Paramedics
Bike Paramedic Team
Preceptorship (ACP and PCP)
Prehospital Research / Clinical Trials - PITSTOP (Sepsis), DOSE-VF (Cardiac Arrest)

Regional Bypass Programs:

STEMI - Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga; Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton
Stroke - Trillium Health Partners, Mississauga; Joseph Brant Hospital, Burlington
Trauma
- Adult:
  - St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto
  - Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto
  - Hamilton General Hospital, Hamilton
- Children:
  - McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton
  - The Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids), Toronto

Historic Emergency Calls in Halton Region involving Halton Paramedics edit

February 26, 2012 - Burlington VIA train derailment

External links edit

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