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 Daniel Beamish, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | 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...