Our Paramedics

On November 5th 2000 Bruce County Emergency Medical Services began operations by amalgamating all Bruce County ambulance services under one leadership. With stations in Walkerton, Chesley, Kincardine, Port Elgin, Wiarton and Tobermory we deliver pre-hospital emergency care to the citizens of Bruce County 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

Bruce County EMS is committed to:

• Providing quality community based health services.
• Maintaining and improving the skills of our paramedics.
• Promoting public relations and providing community awareness and prevention programs.
• Enhancing our partnerships with other emergency services such as Fire and Police Departments. Assisting with the development and maintenance of Tiered Response.
• Ensuring quick responses to emergencies and ensuring our 90th percentile response time is 19 minutes or less.

Our paramedics are trained to provide emergency patient care and transportation of patients. The existance of E.M.S. has saved many lives and will save many more. The paramedics of Bruce County E.M.S. provide emergency care for medical and trauma patients, oxygen therapy, advanced airway care using the King LT airway, complete 12 lead cardiac rhythm monitoring and patient immobilization.

Our paramedics are certified by a physician to operate a defibrillator, complete blood glucose testing, administer medications including ASA & Nitroglycerin for chest pain, Epinephrine and Benadryl for allergic reactions, Dextrose and Glucagon for diabetic patients, Gravol for nausea and Ventolin for shortness of breath .

Since 2006 Bruce County EMS has been training paramedics to intitiate an intravenous (IV) and to deliver additional medications to our patients.

In 2011 Bruce County EMS will be introducing CPAP to better assist those patients with severe breathing problems.