London Health Sciences Centre
London Health Sciences acts as a West hub to support a hub and spoke model for patients in our surrounding areas. We have effectively partnered with organizations in our region to develop a system of care for adults requiring long term ventilation (LTV), and those "at risk" of requiring LTV. Our vision since 2013 has been to support an integrated and responsive system of interprofessional care, with defined roles and processes that extend outside the walls of our intensive care units and hospital, providing timely identification and transition of patients back to their communities and homes, with continued access to quality ventilator associated care.
West Park Healthcare Centre
West Park’s dedication and expertise for providing exemplary care to patients with complex respiratory conditions has been recognized by the Ministry of Health and across the health sector for over two decades. As the Long-Term Ventilation Provincial Centre of Excellence, West Park has supported ongoing improvements in care, in collaboration with patients, families and healthcare professionals.
West Park's Transition to Home Ventilation Program helps patients requiring chronic ventilation integrate back into the community from acute care hospitals. The service provides an interprofessional approach focussing on rehabilitation, training and education and on-going support to ventilator-assisted individuals, their families and caregivers.
West Park's Transition to Home Ventilation Program helps patients requiring chronic ventilation integrate back into the community from acute care hospitals. The service provides an interprofessional approach focussing on rehabilitation, training and education and on-going support to ventilator-assisted individuals, their families and caregivers.
Michael Garron Hospital
Michael Garron Hospital's Provincial Prolonged-Ventilation Weaning Centre of Excellence (PWC) holds a mandate from the Ministry of Health as a Provincial Weaning Centre of Excellence. This specialized 8 bed program is geared for adult Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients who have stabilized from their acute ICU illness, but remain on a mechanical ventilator for more than 14 days and wish to try to breathe on their own. The program is comprised of an inter-professional team including respirologists, nurse practitioners, nurses, personal care workers, respiratory therapists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, dietitian's, pharmacists, social workers, psychiatrist, inter-faith chaplains, bioethicist and volunteers.
Michael Garron Hospital's Long-Term Ventilation (LTV) Program is a part of the hospital's Complex Care Unit. It provides a stimulating environment that enhances quality of life for ventilator-dependent patients. An interdisciplinary team of care professionals work collaboratively to support the care of individuals admitted to this program who require mechanical ventilation for all or part of a 24-hour period.
Michael Garron Hospital's Long-Term Ventilation (LTV) Program is a part of the hospital's Complex Care Unit. It provides a stimulating environment that enhances quality of life for ventilator-dependent patients. An interdisciplinary team of care professionals work collaboratively to support the care of individuals admitted to this program who require mechanical ventilation for all or part of a 24-hour period.
The Ottawa Hospital
The Ottawa Hospital is home to the CANVent (Canadian Alternatives in Non-Invasive Ventilation) Program. The CANVent Program is located at The Ottawa Hospital Rehabilitation Centre, although the team is active throughout each of the acute care sites of The Ottawa Hospital. The medical director is Dr. Douglas McKim, and expert care is provided by a team of respirologists, respiratory therapists and nurses.
The CANVent Program is unique because it plays a central role within the community in identifying individuals who are at risk and preventing serious or life-threatening complications such as respiratory failure. Through its work, the Program has raised the level of awareness among specialists that individuals with neuromuscular diseases, whether in hospital or the community, are at high risk for respiratory complications and that education and non-invasive airway management (NIVAM) strategies may significantly reduce or eliminate this risk.
Dr. McKim and the CANVent Program also liaise closely with intensive care units (ICUs) in the region to facilitate weaning from invasive ventilation for appropriate candidates, which will improve the opportunities for living in the community rather than hospital or long-term care.
The CANVent Program is unique because it plays a central role within the community in identifying individuals who are at risk and preventing serious or life-threatening complications such as respiratory failure. Through its work, the Program has raised the level of awareness among specialists that individuals with neuromuscular diseases, whether in hospital or the community, are at high risk for respiratory complications and that education and non-invasive airway management (NIVAM) strategies may significantly reduce or eliminate this risk.
Dr. McKim and the CANVent Program also liaise closely with intensive care units (ICUs) in the region to facilitate weaning from invasive ventilation for appropriate candidates, which will improve the opportunities for living in the community rather than hospital or long-term care.
Provincial LTV Strategy Physician Leads
Dr. David LeasaLondon Health Sciences Centre
Dr. Ian FraserMichael Garron Hospital
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Dr. Roger GoldsteinWest Park Healthcare Centre
Dr. Doug McKimThe Ottawa Hospital
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