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SUPPLIED TITLE OF TAPE(S): Angus MacKie discusses public health inspection PERIOD COVERED: 1947-1975 RECORDED: [location unknown], 1976 SUMMARY: TRACK 1: Starting with the City Health Department; location, staff, duties, etc.; sections of mental hygiene division; becoming public health inspector, duties, public relations; quarantine division 1947, duties, facilities, ambulance, public relations, incidents; changes, functions, attitudes; change to specialist section functions; duties with specialist section; functions. TRACK 2: Duties with specialist section; regulations; marina; rats; pollution; beaches etc.; public relations; changes 1973 to 1975; facilities; standards; salmonella; watershed; water quality control.

The series consists of BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) and air evacuation major accident and incident investigation files. The records may cover the investigation of complaints pertaining to the provision of emergency health services by the BCAS such as investigations of non-air evacuation major accidents and/or incidents that cause death or serious injury to a patient, paramedic or third party; responses to requests for patient information; handling of patient lost item reports; and responses to coroner’s recommendations to BCAS. These records document two accidents and subsequent investigations involving the death of paramedics: Sullivan Mine accident (2006) and Kennedy Lake (2010).

This series also includes air evacuation accident and incident investigations and reporting. These accident/incidents relate to any urgent or immediate safety concern and/or any accident or incident that requires immediate attention (e.g. emergency landing or crash); involves major equipment failure; and/or has the potential to cause and/or has caused injury to a crew member, patient or third party. This series documents the investigation and response to major equipment failures, threats to human life or limb, or violations of standard safe operating procedures. Final reports may also result in changes to protocols and training practices employed by the BCAS air ambulance program. These records were created by the BC Emergency Health Services Commission under the Emergency and Health Services Act (RSBC 1996, c. 182) between 1991-2011.

The records are arranged by accident/incident and then by topic. They include correspondence, reports such as the Occupational Safety & Health Reporting form [HLTH 1130A] and occurrence reports [HLTHEHSC 2403], briefing notes, investigation reports, incident reports, dispatch audio recordings, and other supporting documents. These records are classified as BC Ambulance Service major accidents and investigations (51020-20 ) and air evacuation major accident and incident investigations (51220-30) under the Emergency Health Services ORCS (schedule 123390), 2011. The records also use an internal file identification code

The series consists of ombudsperson’s investigations into matters relating to the BC Ambulance Service. The records were created and received by the Emergency Health Services Commission between 1990 and 2009. They provide details of complaints regarding matters such as patient care by first responders, BCAS hiring practices, emergency vehicle operations, and allegations of workplace harassment that were sent to the ombudsperson and were subsequently investigated. The files also include closed case summaries of complaints received by the ombudsperson each year on matters related to the BC Ambulance Service. These records are governed by the Ombudsperson Act (RSBC 1996, c. 340) which sets out how disputes about government actions arise and are resolved.

The records are arranged by complainant or topic. They include correspondence, reports, pamphlets, and memoranda. They are also assigned an internal surname or topic abbreviation code. The series is covered by ARCS 155-20 (Ombudsperson’s investigations).

The series consists of BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) policies and procedures, program development files, and final reports. These records document the development, monitoring and evaluation of emergency health services delivery, including the initiation of pilot projects and the monitoring and evaluation of operational programs. The records also document final policies, procedures, and reports developed by the BCAS. These records were created by the Emergency Health Services Commission under the Emergency and Health Services Act (RSBC 1996, c. 182) between 1991-2009.

The records are arranged by program or project, topic, or policy name. They include correspondence, discussion papers, briefing notes, survey analysis outcomes, research proposals, studies, reports, and final policies/procedures. These records are classified as BC Ambulance Service published reports and studies (51000-00) and policies and procedures (51000-00, 51400-00) under the Emergency Health Services ORCS (schedule 123390), 2011. The records are also classified using an internal file identification code.

Subject files of the senior personnel officer of the Emergency Health Services Commission.

The Emergency Health Services Commission (EHSC) was created by legislation in 1974 to provide a provincial ambulance service. In addition, the Commission was responsible for the medical aspects of disaster planning for the province.

The series consists of records documenting the deliberations of the Provincial Medical Leadership Council (PMLC), formerly known as the Medical Advisory Committee (MAC), and other high-level emergency health services committees. The PMLC/MAC was established by the Emergency Health Services Commission (EHSC) to provide advice to the commission on all medical matters. The Council, consisting of physicians, paramedics and medical programs staff, discusses medical protocols and process issues with the EHSC and the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS). The chair of the council is Vice-President, Medical Programs. The PMLC is responsible for the review and approval of draft protocols. It may also assign responsibility for research and evidence collection to Medical Programs. The series also includes other high-level committee work such as the Emergency and Health Services Commission, the Provincial Joint Labour Management Committee, the Occupational Safety and Health Committee, the Provincial Joint Occupational Safety and Health Committee, the Medical Dispatch Review Committee, the Emergency Health Services Commission's Fire Service/BCAS Coordinating Committee, Patient Committee on Patient Transfer, and the Provincial Patient Transfer Steering Committee. Records in this series also document the work of the Senior Operations Team. They were created under the Health Emergency Act (RSBC 1996, c.182) between 1985-2010 in BC.

This series is arranged by meeting date, committee name or event. It includes correspondence, agendas, minutes, handouts, statistics, action logs, reports, and submissions. These records were classified as committee files (ARCS 200-20) with a final disposition of selective retention. The 2011 version of the Emergency Health Services ORCS (schedule 123390) classifies the MAC records as 51540-40 Provincial Medical Leadership council’s meeting deliberations. The remaining records classified under ARCS 200-20 were selected for transfer to the BC Archives because they document the work of high-level committees and the functions, decisions, and activities of the Senior Operations Team.

The series consists of emergency health services labour relations records. These records document strike and essential service planning; collective agreement bargaining and negotiations; and dispute/grievance resolution. The records were created between 2004 and 2010 under the Emergency and Health Services Act (RSBC 1996, c. 182). Records include agreements documenting the transfer of bargaining unit employee rights from and to the Emergency Health Services Commission (EHSC); essential service planning files documenting the EHSC’s plans and strategies for responding to strikes by its unions; and records relating to the resolution of all disputes arising from the EHSC’s collective agreements and/or employment related legislation, including disputes filed by excluded employees and grievances filed by bargaining unit employees. This includes human rights complaints involving government employees on matters such as discrimination and personal and sexual harassment filed under the collective agreement and under the Human Rights Code (RSBC 1996, c. 210). The EHSC manages the administrative records of the management and staff of the BC Ambulance Service (BCAS) and nurses of HealthLinkBC.

This series is arranged by issue or subject; by bargaining unit, then by sequential number; or by complainant. The records include correspondence, agreements, planning documents, project files, legal files, memoranda, drafts, notes, reports, and presentations. The Emergency Health Services ARCS Supplement (schedule 206185), published in 2011, establishes a classification system and retention and disposition schedule for the personnel management and payroll service functions and activities that are unique to the EHSC. The records in this series are classified as strike and essential service planning case files (9250-20), transfer agreements for bargaining unit employees (9270-50), and human rights complaint case files (9300-60).