Emergency Health Services
Emergency Health Services
Medical emergencies – If this is a medical emergency, or if you or someone you know is in immediate danger, call 911.
When Nova Scotians need help in a medical emergency, Emergency Health Services (EHS) is ready to deliver high-quality pre-hospital care. The highly trained paramedics, emergency medical responders (EMR), medical communication officers, nurses, physicians, and clinical transport operators are a vital part of our health-care system. In addition to responding to medical emergencies, EHS is responsible for patient-transports across the province, offers patient care in long-term care facilities and patients’ homes through community paramedicine, provides virtual care through our clinician team in the medical communication centre, and takes on a leadership role in their community.
In Nova Scotia, EHS provides emergency response via ground by ambulance, with two paramedics or a paramedic and EMR, or a single paramedic in an EHS SUV. The EHS LifeFlight team supports care in the air with helicopters and fixed-wing aircrafts. Our team is based in regions across the province, depending on historic call volumes.
There are over 1100 EHS clinicians registered in the province.
Contact
Medical Emergencies
Toll-free: 911
Non-emergency patient transfer
Toll-free: 1-888-346-9999
Billing
Phone: 902-832-8337
Toll-free: 1-888-280-8884
Media
Toll-free: 1-888-255-6606
media@emci.ca
General enquiries
Toll-free: 1-844-424-5438
Fax: 902-424-1781
healthehs@novascotia.ca