Deer Lake First Nation - Nursing Station

• Coordinates health care services through the Jeannette-Oscar Lydokenne Nursing Station; health team consists of Community Health Nurse, Nurse Practitioner, Homecare worker, a Community Health Representative and X-ray Technicians
• Performs diagnostic imaging (x-rays)
• Provides physician consultations a few days per month through a visiting Physician
• Offers lab and pharmacy services
• Provides health awareness and counseling, education and prevention workshops especially in the areas of diabetes and alcohol/drug abuse
• Coordinates the services of a visiting dentist and provides a dental assistant and a dental hygienist assistant

• Medical Transportation

• Provides access to specialized medical care using videoconferencing and other tele-diagnostic equipment
• Allows specialists to remotely examine and prescribe treatments to patients in their home communities
• Reduces the need to travel to receive care
• Participates in Thunder Bay's Regional Critical Care Response Program (RCCR) as a pilot site with other First Nation communities which enables patients to now be triaged and cared for by critical care doctors and other highly-skilled staff at Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Centre's Intensive Care Unit via videoconferencing equipment prior to air transfer via Orng

Services and Programs:

• Medical Transportation Program