Health inequities remain widespread in Indigenous communities across Canada. Many communities are rural or remote, compounding problems by preventing timely and effective emergency care. The resulting increased need for emergency care services and lack of effective, coordinated systems to provide timely and quality care results in elevated risk of mortality and morbidity. The BC Emergency Medicine Network is working to improve emergency care in four remote Nuu-Chah-Nulth communities through community engagement, partnerships and research. Through community dialogue, four critical priority areas of improvement were defined. Next, we will address the priority needs by co-designing, implementing and evaluating interventions.  Ultimately, this project will seek evidence of transferable interventions and a successful, practical approach to improving equitable emergency care in remote Indigenous communities.

Kwiis hen niip - Change: Change for Emergency Care Services in Rural and Remote British Columbia Indigenous Communities