Critical care COVID-19 resources

BCCDC is working with provincial and federal partners on surveillance, diagnostic testing, infection control and vaccination for COVID-19.  Please visit BCCDC COVID-19 Care on information for health care professionals and public health partners.

BCCDC COVID-19 Care

ECLS resources

• Provincial ECLS Transport Standard Workflow
• Provincial ECMO Transport Process Checklist
  

Provincial Emergency Fleet

Provincial Emergency Fleet is a provincially owned stockpile of medical devices intended to help hospitals manage unexpected increases in demand for critical care resources.  Regional Health Authorities can request these medical devices from the provincial stockpile for support during temporary periods when resources are insufficient or not available. 

Medical equipment include:

• Mechanical Ventilators
• High-Flow Oxygen
  
• Physiological Monitor
• Humidifier
• Oxygen Concentrators

Regional hospital authorities can submit requests for assistance from the Provincial Emergency Fleet.

• Provincial Emergency Fleet Request Form
• Or Contact us for more information
  

Provincial Pediatric Support Pathways

Critical Care BC and its partners works with critical care professionals across BC to develop a broad range of clinical practice guidelines that support evidence-based leading practices across the province:

• Provincial Clinical Practice Guideline Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Life Support in Acute Respiratory Failure
  

• Provincial Pediatric Sepsis Guideline & Toolkit for Emergency and Urgent Care Centres (Child Health BC)
  
• Emergency Department Sepsis Guidelines 2022 (Health Quality BC)