Abstract
Toronto Emergency Medical Services and SARS
Highlights
Even before the SARS emergency was declared in Ontario, Toronto EMS was aware of a serious respiratory disease in the community
Cleaning the emergency vehicles was a potential concern, the only important change was substituting the usual disinfectant of 3% hydrogen peroxide with virucidal effect in 10 minutes to a disinfectant of 7% activated hydrogen peroxide with virucidal effect in 5 minutes
Within days of the provincial emergency, Toronto EMS, in conjunction with Toronto police and fire services, created the medical support unit that operated as an internal public health department for all paramedics and was responsible for their direction, education, support, and screening
Summary
Even before the SARS emergency was declared in Ontario, Toronto EMS was aware of a serious respiratory disease in the community. The EMS Healthcare Divisional Operations Centre became the emergency operations center for Toronto EMS. It had been designed to coordinate Toronto’s operational response with other municipal and provincial health services.
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