Patrick Auger MEm MEd CCP

Critical Care Paramedic, Ottawa 7791
Special Operations Coordinator, Ornge

Patrick Auger has worked as a Critical Care Paramedic in Ontario for the last 30 years. Throughout his career, he has held operational and clinical leadership positions. He has experience teaching initial education in Ontario's Advanced Care and Critical Care Paramedic Programs. He is currently working as the Ornge Special Operations Coordinator and is helping Ornge develop specialized capabilities in the area of surge capacity and advanced clinical practice.

He is the Incident Commander for Ontario's Emergency Medical Assistance Team, a specialized medical field unit with a 56-bed capacity and mandate to provide surge capacity to complex emergencies. He has been a team member since 2004, initially starting as the CBRNE Team leader and then transitioning to leading the team as the Incident Commander in 2008.

He is interested in disaster management and is actively involved in Provincial and National emergency preparedness initiatives. He has experience in training and deploying highly specialized teams and is actively involved in organizing functional and full-scale exercises.

His education includes a Bachelor of Health Science, Master of Emergency Management and a Master of Medical Education. He maintains instructor status in areas such as CBRNE and Incident Command Systems.