The aim of the KB Emergency Medicine project is to establish a regional network involving all Emergency Department teams to collaboratively provide continuous quality improvement for emergency care for patients.

Some key accomplishments include:

• KB Physician and nurse leaders met and identified complex problems related to:
  • Communications and trust between primary and secondary sites for patient care pre-transport, transport decisions and patient repatriation
  • Diagnosis-specific decision support
  • Transport enhancement
  • Inter-professional capacity development for primary emergent care teams

• In response, the project committee has:
  • Advocated for a dedicated car for the High Acuity Response Team to enable faster service response to rural sites
  • Invited the BC Emergency Health Services regional manager to committee meetings to address transport challenges
  • Organized a regional tour for BC’s Director of the Patient Transport Services and discussed patient transport processes
  • Implemented the Medical Imaging Patient Transfer document to provide clear communications between rural and regional sites for patient pathways 
  • Hosted local team building engagements in six sites, and a regional emergency medicine event

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Questions? Want to learn more? Contact Mona Mattei