A Life-Saving Partnership on Vancouver Island
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“Time is your only enemy, it disappears very quickly and never gives you a second chance,” excerpt from
The Aussie Expat: The Luckiest Man on Earth by Steve Douglas.
An air ambulance partnership between BC Emergency Health Services (BC-EHS) and Ascent Helicopters is reducing the length of time it takes people to get medical help from hours to minutes.
Lance Stephenson with BC-EHS said he has no doubt that the new helicopter will help save lives.
“Let’s use Bamfield as an example or Zeballos, it takes us a fair amount of time to get out to the patient and takes us just as long to get back on a very rocky road, not a very comfortable transport for the patient,” said Stephenson. “If the patient has serious, traumatic injuries or even medical issues then moving them to the hospital takes sometimes six, seven hours.”