Bill 171 - The Health Systems Improvement Act 2007, introduced “Ornge” a critical care land ambulance service staffed by critical care paramedics, to manage transfers of patients between health care facilities. The result: a more coordinated, faster and safer transport service of critically ill patients.
Additional benefits include:
• Relieving pressure on land ambulance services allowing them to focus on 911 emergency calls.
• Reducing the need for hospitals to provide escort staff for critical care patient transfers.
• Enabling Ornge to increase aero-medical availability for outlying rural and remote areas.
Current areas of operation include:
| Greater Toronto Area |
12 hours a day, 7 days a week |
| Ottawa |
24 hours a day, 7 days a week |
Click here for the Ornge Critical Care Land Transport Program Medical Scope of Service Utilization Criteria