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 Jessica McCallum, Pascale King | 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...
