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Performance Mindset: Expertise in Emergency Medicine

Performance Mindset: Expertise in Emergency Medicine

by Justin Godbout | Nov 26, 2020 | Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education, Pre-Hospital, Quality Improvement, Trauma

“The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is, due to genetically prescribed talent. Instead, these differences reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance.” – K. Anders Ericsson What defines...
Solid Organ Donation from the Emergency Department – Missed Donor Opportunities

Solid Organ Donation from the Emergency Department – Missed Donor Opportunities

by Jessica McCallum | Apr 9, 2020 | All Posts, Critical Care, Featured, Pre-Hospital, Quality Improvement

In this post, we aim to highlight the perspectives of family, physicians, the emergency department and pre-hospital medicine in regards to organ donation. Types of Organ Tissue Donation There are 2 main types of deceased organ donation including neurologic...
Community Paramedicine: Behind the Scenes

Community Paramedicine: Behind the Scenes

by Jessica McCallum | Feb 20, 2020 | Featured, Geriatrics, Grand Round Summaries, Medical Education, Pre-Hospital, Quality Improvement

What is Community Paramedicine? The international round table on community paramedicine provides the following definition: “…a model of care whereby paramedics apply their training and skills in non-traditional community-based environments outside of the usual...
Blast Injuries: What you Need to Know!

Blast Injuries: What you Need to Know!

by Richard Hoang | Aug 22, 2019 | Critical Care, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Pre-Hospital, Trauma

Blast injuries resulting from explosions have the capacity to cause life-threatening multisystem injuries in multiple victims simultaneously. The biggest potential challenge in managing blast injuries is the creation of large numbers of simultaneous critically ill...
Updates in Prehospital and Transport Medicine

Updates in Prehospital and Transport Medicine

by Daniel Beamish | Jul 25, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, Pre-Hospital, Resuscitation, Trauma

There was a significant amount of pre-hospital research published in 2018; many trials were that will no doubt inform future guidelines and change practice. This post seeks to look at some of the historical features of prehospital research and give us a road map for...
Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) – Recent Updates

Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) – Recent Updates

by Richard Hoang | Apr 4, 2019 | Critical Care, Pre-Hospital, Trauma

The Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TCCC) Guidelines are the standard of care for the modern battlefield. TCCC offers operational guidelines for a range of combat personnel – from recommendations for all combatants to combat paramedics and SOF medics. Though these...
Mechanical CPR: Past, Current, and Future

Mechanical CPR: Past, Current, and Future

by Justin Godbout | Mar 14, 2019 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Pre-Hospital, Resuscitation

Mechanical CPR is a technology whereby a machine performs chest compressions in place of a human provider. These devices are becoming increasingly prevalent in the prehospital and in-hospital arenas, and it is inevitable that healthcare providers will interact with...
Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR) – A Summary of the Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline

Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR) – A Summary of the Joint Trauma System Clinical Practice Guideline

by Richard Hoang | Mar 7, 2019 | Critical Care, Featured, Pre-Hospital, Resuscitation, Trauma

Hemorrhage is the leading cause of preventable death on the battlefield. Damage Control Resuscitation (DCR) works synergistically with Damage Control Surgery (DCS) and prioritizes non-surgical interventions that reduce morbidity and mortality due to trauma and...
Mass Gathering Medicine: The New Frontier

Mass Gathering Medicine: The New Frontier

by Jillian Coleby | Feb 28, 2019 | Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Pre-Hospital

Mass gathering medicine (MGM) is an exciting niche field of emergency medicine focused on providing emergency medical care at large events. Mass gatherings, as the name implies, are events in which “large numbers of people assemble in public or private spaces to...
Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock

Prehospital Plasma during Air Medical Transport in Trauma Patients at Risk for Hemorrhagic Shock

by Hans Rosenberg | Feb 25, 2019 | Full Article, Journal Club, Pre-Hospital, Trauma

Journal Club Summary Methodology Score: 3.5/5 Usefulness Score: 2.5 /5 Sperry JL, et al. N Engl J Med. 2018 Jul 26;379(4):315-326.  Question and Methods: Determine the efficacy of prehospital plasma compared with standard-care resuscitation in injured patients at risk...
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