Emergency Health Services (also EHS) is an agency of the Department of Health in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.
All ground ambulance and air ambulance service in Nova Scotia is contracted by EHS to EMC Emergency Medical Care Inc., a subsidiary of Medavie EMS Inc. which is itself a subsidiary of Medavie Blue Cross.
EHS is responsible for administering Nova Scotia's pre-hospital emergency health services, which is delivered by EMC through 150 ground ambulances and their support facilities, one helicopter and one fixed-wing aircraft, and approximately 900 paramedics.
EHS owns all ground ambulances and support facilities which are operated under contract by EMC. Many of the EHS Paramedic Stations are single-unit structures in the smaller rural communities, while having larger paramedic stations in larger centres that have the capacity to house a diverse fleet of vehicles. Every hospital in the province and many community health centres have helipads for LifeFlight air ambulance service.
EMC, EHS and the Medical Communications Centre (MCC) are located in Burnside Business Park in Dartmouth for coordinating emergency medical services across the province.
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