Paramedics

Mission
Paramedic Services is committed to timely, clinically sophisticated emergency response and community strategies that preserve life, improve health and promote safety.

Paramedic Scope of Practice
The County of Simcoe Paramedic Services employs full and part time Paramedics, all of whom are certified as Primary Care Paramedics (PCP) through the Simcoe Muskoka Base Hospital Program, under the licence of an emergency physician.

Paramedics are certified to administer medications to patients experiencing:

• Chest pain associated with a heart attack.
• Shortness of breath.
• Low blood sugar and altered levels of awareness due to diabetes.
• Severe allergic reactions.

Paramedics defibrillate patients, which involves the delivery of an electrical shock to a patient who has experienced a cardiac arrest. 

Planning for the Future
Through analysis of service data, trends are identified relating to the demands for service. Using this knowledge, we are able to adjust resource deployment to best meet the increasing demand for service.