The BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) provides public ambulance services across British Columbia. It operates under BC Emergency Health Services.
BCAS is Canada's first provincially run ambulance service. It transports patients by ambulance, and provides emergency medical care before patients reach the hospital when needed.
BCAS serves nearly one million square kilometres across the province. It is the largest emergency health care provider in Canada and one of the largest in North America. The service includes three dispatch centres and teams of trained paramedics.
More than 6,500 BCEHS employees support patient care, including:
- Paramedics
- Medical emergency call-takers and dispatchers
- Front-line staff
- Administrators
- Managers
BCAS delivers expert patient care from the moment someone calls 9-1-1. The team provides treatment at the scene and safely transports patients to the hospital.
