by Chirag Bhat, Hans Rosenberg, Krishan Yadav | Feb 6, 2023 | Cardiology, Critical Care, Featured, Journal Club, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Methodology: 4.5/5 Usefulness: 4.5/5 Cheskes S, et al. N Engl J Med. 2022 Nov 6. Question and Methods: A cluster-randomized open-label trial evaluating survival in adult patients with refractory ventricular fibrillation during OHCA treated by paramedics with standard...
by Mark Froats, Josee Malette | Jan 26, 2023 | BHP Corner, Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
It’s time for another BHP Corner! This quarterly submission by the Base Hospital Physician Group for the RPPEO , aims to discuss topics specific to prehospital settings to educate paramedics and other healthcare providers interested in PTM on the realities of...
by Michael Austin, Josee Malette | Nov 29, 2022 | BHP Corner, Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Pain – To Treat or Not to Treat, that is NOT the question! Every day, paramedics respond to patients in pain. Pain is responsible for approximately 40% of ambulance calls (1), making pain and analgesia a hot topic in prehospital medicine. Effective and...
by Mark Froats, Josee Malette | Nov 1, 2022 | BHP Corner, Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Traumatic Cardiac Arrest Paramedics often respond to patients who have no vital signs after being involved in a traumatic event. These cases are especially notable for the tragic and violent means by which persons suddenly meet their end. Most patients who do...
by Mark Froats, Josee Malette | Oct 4, 2022 | BHP Corner, Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Medical Cardiac Arrest – To TOR or Not To TOR? Base Hospital Physicians Corner – or BHP Corner – is a new web-series we are introducing to be published in a quarterly fashion. Written by RPPEO Base Hospital Physicians, these publications will...
by Josee Malette | Sep 15, 2022 | Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
#EMOttawaPTMBlog The EMOttawa Blog is excited to announce a new series joining our Blog Family : The Prehospital and Transport Medicine [PTM] Blog Series. In conjunction with the Prehospital and Transport Medicine Fellowship program at Emergency Medicine Ottawa,...
