Accreditation Canada Trauma Distinction in February

Accreditation Canada’s new Trauma Distinction process is coming to the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) in February 2016. The Trauma System includes VCH, Providence Health Care (PHC), and BC Children’s Hospital (BCCH).

Surveyors will be evaluating the Trauma System and individual Trauma Centres during the dates of February 22 to 24, 2016. All trauma centres will be assessed for their compliance with level specific trauma centre standards, protocols, and indicators. Surveyors will be completing trauma tracers following the journey of a trauma patient at VGH, LGH, SPH, and BCCH in addition to a number of focused discussion groups. VCH is also presenting an excellence & innovation project focusing on Care of the Pregnant Trauma Patient.

Please join us in the Diamond Health Care Centre room 2207 on February 25 from 10 to 11 am to hear the Accreditation Canada Surveyor’s debrief of their experiences at VCH. If you are unable to attend in person, video conference locations have also been arranged at:

• Lions Gate Hospital
• Richmond Hospital
• Squamish General Hospital
• Whistler Health Care Centre
• Pemberton Health Centre
• Sechelt Hospital
• Powell River General Hospital
• RW Large Memorial Hospital
• Bella Coola General Hospital