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 |