{"id":3152,"date":"2015-05-13T15:07:53","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T19:07:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/52.229.122.34\/en\/?p=3152"},"modified":"2021-02-17T12:41:24","modified_gmt":"2021-02-17T17:41:24","slug":"provincial-emergency-team-partners-with-the-ottawa-hospital-for-race-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/en\/uncategorized\/provincial-emergency-team-partners-with-the-ottawa-hospital-for-race-weekend\/","title":{"rendered":"Provincial emergency team partners with The Ottawa Hospital for race weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text-center\"><em>Ontario\u2019s Emergency Medical Assistance Team will use Ottawa\u2019s race weekend to practise for the Pan Am Games.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Every May, staff across The Ottawa Hospital volunteer at the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, along the race routes and downtown at a satellite field hospital set up for the weekend in the Cartier Drill Hall near City Hall.<\/p>\n<p>This year, they\u2019ll have extra support.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario\u2019s Emergency Medical Assistance Team (EMAT) has partnered with the hospital, paramedics and firefighters to practise for this summer\u2019s Pan Am Games.<\/p>\n<p>EMAT is a mobile medical field hospital that can be deployed on short notice to medical emergencies anywhere in Ontario. The team has 160 members from all over the province (including some from The Ottawa Hospital) and 30 will be at race weekend, May 23 and 24.<\/p>\n<p>Marcie Beaudoin, who will lead the EMAT group, said the partnership gives her team a unique opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor us it&#8217;s a great exercise. We get to work in real time at a real event and build our relationship with the hospital,\u201d said Beaudoin. \u201cThe lessons learned will help us with the Pan Am Games.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the hospital, having EMAT there for race weekend means a chance to learn from emergency-response specialists.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are limited opportunities for hospitals in the province to participate with EMAT on an exercise,\u201d said John Trickett, Director of Surgery and Trauma Services. \u201cWe learn a lot from them, and they learn a lot from us. It\u2019s really useful.\u201d<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-3155 img-responsive\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/YIMCMay13EMATJohnTrickettWEBSM.jpg\" alt=\"John-Trickett\" width=\"280\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/YIMCMay13EMATJohnTrickettWEBSM.jpg 280w, https:\/\/www.ottawahospital.on.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/YIMCMay13EMATJohnTrickettWEBSM-188x300.jpg 188w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"text-center\"><em>John Trickett, Director of Surgery and Trauma Services, said The Ottawa Hospital can learn a lot from the partnership with EMAT for race weekend.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>EMAT\u2019s major role for the weekend will be helping to reunite injured runners with their families in the hospital\u2019s medical area. They\u2019ll be integrated with the hospital\u2019s team for the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt lets our psychosocial health team do focused training in reunification,\u201d said Beaudoin. \u201cIt helps the clinicians onsite when they don\u2019t have to worry about helping families find runners.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>EMAT has also helped the hospital create education modules for the event. They\u2019re designed to teach volunteers and partner organizations about common marathon problems like dehydration and overheating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ontario\u2019s Emergency Medical Assistance Team will use Ottawa\u2019s race weekend to practise for the Pan Am Games. Every May, staff across The Ottawa Hospital volunteer at the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend, along the race routes and downtown at a satellite field hospital set up for the weekend in the Cartier Drill Hall near City Hall. 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