Dave Branton, Flight Nurse
My Day
Phone call
The process starts when dispatch gets a patient referral from Centralized Intake in Rankin Inlet. I get basic information from dispatch: name, date of birth, vital stats, suspected diagnosis and where the patient is going.
I call the health care centre and speak to the nurses to find out what they think is wrong, what interventions they have done. We talk about treatment I'll need to administer and if a parent or family member will accompany the patient. It all happens very quickly.