Chatham-Kent EMS
337 Richmond Street N7M 1P5 Chatham, ON, Canada

The leaders of the Chatham-Kent Ontario Health Team wish to emphasize to our community that our health care system is facing extremely serious strain and your urgent help is needed. Our community, and our health care system, are at risk. Make no mistake COVID-19 is real. The impact to our health care system is real. Please see the things you can do in the image below, and click to follow through to the full communication. ... Please Note: For those calling 911 for an ambulance, please be completely honest when being asked the COVID-19 screening questions. Regardless of your answers, a team will respond as quickly as possible.

Congratulations Len on receiving such an outstanding acknowledgment within the EMS industry and Paramedic profession. Thank you for playing such a significant role in forming the Ambulance and Paramedic Service within #CKOnt

We're recruiting new members for our leadership team. We have posted for the following positions: - Operations Manager, Paramedic & Patient Safety - Operations Supervisor (2 vacancies)... Please visit the careers section of our website to view the job postings and to submit your application: http://www.memsochathamkent.com/careers/Pages/jobs.aspx

Chatham-Kent EMS is aware of an incident that took place earlier today involving an Ambulance and Paramedic crew. We take these matters very seriously and are reviewing the incident. We truly appreciate the trust and respect that the public holds for the Paramedic profession. We are proud of the work our paramedics do every day to gain public trust while delivering critical health care services, especially given the... additional challenges created by the COVID-19 pandemic. See more

We are sending thoughts and prayers to the family, friends, and colleagues of fallen #OPP officer Marc Hovingh

Today and every day we remember those who made the ultimate sacrifice. They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them. #CanadaRemembers #RemembranceDay

Our Paramedics and Support Staff are saddened to hear about the passing of John Jacobs. John led and operated EMS services in Southwestern Ontario for many years, including Chatham-Kent. Our thoughts and condolences are with his family, friends, and former colleagues.

Over the last several days our system has experienced higher than average requests for service. A number of these requests were non-emergency in nature. We are encouraging everyone to seek alternate healthcare options for non-emergency illnesses. However, when in doubt call 9-1-1 You can visit eriestclairhealthline.ca for a full listing of healthcare programs and services available throughout Chatham-Kent and the region. You can also contact TeleHealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000 or @211Ontario for support and resources