by Amanda Mattice | Mar 7, 2024 | emergency, Featured, Grand Round Summaries, Pre-Hospital, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, Resuscitation, Toxicology
In this post, we will sink our teeth into some details around venomous snake bites that all emergency clinicians should be aware of regardless of their location of clinical practice. Although the incidence of venomous snake bites in Canada is rare, this should be...
by Mark Froats, Josee Malette | Aug 3, 2023 | BHP Corner, cardiac arrest, Featured, Prehospital and Transport Medicine
Case You and your partner arrive at a scene where a 67-year-old male had a witnessed collapse 5 minutes ago and CPR is in progress; he is in cardiac arrest. The initial rhythm is ventricular fibrillation. You continue CPR with a King LT and provide 3 shocks, along...
by Marie Sara-Pier Piscopo, Josee Malette | May 22, 2023 | Featured, Full Article, Journal Club, Prehospital and Transport Medicine, PTM Journal Club
Methodology: 3/5 Usefulness: 3/5 Frawley, John et al. “A Comparison of Prehospital Pediatric Analgesic Use of Ketamine and Opioids.” Prehospital emergency care, 1-5. 8 Mar. 2023, doi:10.1080/10903127.2023.2183295 Question and methods: This study sought...
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...
