Southwest Ontario Regional Base Hospital Program

On October 1, 2008 a new regional program, the Southwest Ontario Regional Base Hospital program, began operation under the leadership of London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC), and will serve the paramedic services provided by: Essex, Kent, Lambton, Elgin, Middlesex, Oneida First Nations, Oxford, Perth, Grey, Bruce and Huron Counties.

Up until this time there were four Base Hospital programs in the Southwest region operated by four hospitals: Bluewater Health, Grey Bruce Health Services, LHSC and Hotel Dieu Grace Hospital.

This new regional program will continue to have a local presence throughout the region with services operating out of Owen Sound, Sarnia, Windsor and London, through agreements with the former Base Hospital program sponsors.

Within this new catchment area there are approximately 1,200 Primary Care Paramedics and over 100 Advanced Care Paramedics.

The Program will provide medical direction and medical control, Advanced Life Support (ALS) certification & training, quality management, leadership, guidance and advice, in the provision of ambulance based pre-hospital emergency health care. LHSC, as the lead regional base hospital, will also function in an advisory capacity to the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care on matters relating to ambulance based pre-hospital emergency care.

Paramedics are welcome to view a variety of educational materials, including the PCP and ACP Medical Directives. Please be sure to check back often as we continually update and add new files.

Please direct questions and/or comments to:

Severo Rodriguez
Program Manager
Southwest Ontario Regional Base Hospital Program
519-685-8500 ext. 52997