Hospitals across Ontario, including the Cornwall Community Hospital (CCH), are working to improve access and flow in their emergency departments to better manage increasing patient volumes.

A key part of this effort is reducing ambulance off-load time, which is the moment when paramedics transfer a patient’s care to the hospital team so they can return to the community to answer the next call.

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At CCH, this is an area we have been monitoring closely. Improving ambulance off-load time is one of the key goals in CCH’s 2025-26 Quality Improvement Plan .

The emergency department (ED) treats approximately 150 patients every day. It is important to ensure everyone receives the right level of care as quickly and safely as possible while also ensuring paramedics can get bac

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