by Louis Gascon-Tetreault, Josee Malette | Mar 9, 2026 | Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club
As the ski season peaks in February, learn how intranasal fentanyl as analgesia is becoming the go-to solution for ski patrols, ensuring rapid pain relief for injured skiers right on the hill in this months PTM Journal Club Review. Background and Objectives:...
by Michael Austin, Josee Malette | Mar 9, 2026 | BHP Corner, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
With a new year, comes a new BHP Corner. For those who are new to this part of our EM Ottawa Blog, it is here that we cover up and coming topics of discussion within our Regional Paramedicine Program for Eastern Ontario (RPPEO). Written by the base-hospital...
by Amanda Mattice | Mar 4, 2026 | Airway, emergency, Featured, Journal Club, Pre-Hospital, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, Procedural care, PTM Journal Club, Quality Improvement
In this month’s Journal Club, we explored the highly debated topic of video laryngoscopy versus direct laryngoscopy and its application in the prehospital setting. Background There exists a breadth of research which compares video laryngoscopy (VL) to direct...
by Mohammed Ahmd, Amanda Mattice | Dec 11, 2025 | Journal Club, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
At this month’s Journal Club, we explored the use of IV vs IO access established during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs). In particular we took a deep dive into two trials: IVIO trial versus PARAMEDIC-3 trial Background Establishing vascular access...
by Camille Dagenais, Hans Rosenberg, Ian Stiell | Jun 18, 2024 | Featured, Journal Club, Pre-Hospital, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, Trauma
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 1.5/5 Le Cornec C, e al. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jan 2;7(1):e2352844. Question and Methods: This was a multicenter, single-blind, noninferiority RCT, to assess the noninferiority of intravenous ketamine vs intravenous morphine for pain...
by Steven Sanders, Josee Malette | May 30, 2024 | Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club
In this month’s PTM Journal Club, we explored the most recent literature on trauma care in the pre-hospital setting. If you missed last months PTM Journal Club, make sure to check-it out by clicking HERE. Ketamine vs Morphine for Out-Of-Hospital...
by Connor Inglis, Josee Malette | May 30, 2024 | Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club
At this month’s PTM Journal Club, we explored the use of high-dose glucocorticoid on hemodynamics in the prehospital setting; in particular, the STEROHCA trial conducted in Denmark. Effect of prehospital high-dose glucocorticoid on hemodynamics in patients...
by Steven Sanders | May 9, 2024 | cardiac arrest, Critical Care, Grand Round Summaries, Mass Casualty / Disaster, Pre-Hospital, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, Resuscitation
Please refer to Dr. Mark McKinney’s Grand Round Summary from March 2020 (Parts 1 and 2) for a comprehensive literature review on the topic of resuscitating hypothermic patients. In this blog post, I’ll go into a more in-depth review of the staging of hypothermia and...
by Steven Sanders, Josee Malette | Apr 18, 2024 | Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club
Join us in our latest Pre-Hospital and Transport Medicine Journal Club, where we take a look at the most recent and relevant literature pertaining to the use of IOs in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, as well as the impact that pre-hospital intubation has with regards...
by Connor Inglis, Josee Malette | Apr 18, 2024 | Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club, Resuscitation
In this edition of PTM Journal Club explore the impact of bag-valve-mask ventilation as well as the use of lidocaine and/or amiodarone on the survivability of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Bag-Valve-Mask Ventilation and Survival From Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest:...
