An Ottawa radio host's meandering, stream-of-consciousness on-air soliloquy about the Medical Advisory Committee's (MAC) January 4, 2021 Memo had medical directors across the province furrowing their eyebrows last week.

News Talk Radio CFRA's January 9, 2021, audience for The Goods with Dahlia Kurtz heard the host of her eponymous show speculate that some people would not receive treatment when they call paramedics.

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 My Work Status

When working from home, make sure to indicate your location in The Ottawa Hospital's My Work Status app. If you haven't used the app, you can find it among your Office 365+ online applications.

Link to the My Work Status app: Power Apps

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With public health experts continuing to advise physical distancing, we took to online tactics early to meet our commitment to educating, evaluating and authorizing practice for paramedics.

Learning and demonstrating skills using mediated means, however, came with concerns. Would we be able to provide quality instruction? Could paramedics expect a fair, clear experience? Would we know when we were seeing learners struggle and could we help them from miles away?

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Our hospital has come through with a temporary solution to the problem of ambulance offload delay at the Civic campus.

The Offload Medicine Transition Unit at The Ottawa Hospital Civic Campus is now open for patient care. The unit officially opened its doors on January 5, 2021.

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Andy picked up by OPP

After almost 20 years with the base hospital, Dr. Andrew Reed, BSc, MSc, MD, EMCA, BPE, FRCPC, is moving on to a new endeavor. Andy has accepted a full time appointment as Medical Director with the Ontario Provincial Police.

Please join us in congratulating Andy on his new position with the OPP! Andy's last day with RPPEO will be June 30, 2020.

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Have you noticed that some people seem to be adjusting better than others to the challenges of 2020?

We're each a distinct bundle of emotions, stressors, capacities and strengths. In times of stress, some will cry, some will laugh. And, some of us will read.

What do you do when you're too stressed?  

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Following identification of patient safety incidents regarding use of IV EPINEPHrine for anaphylaxis across the region, Dr. Richard Dionne, Regional Medical Director, has issued an important Medical Advisory for paramedics identifying the patient safety risk with using the IV route in administration of EPINEPHrine for anyone who is profusing.

Paramedics should read Medical Advisory 2022-02. If you have any questions, please contact quality@RPPEO.ca.

The purpose of the Advanced Life Support Patient Care Standards (ALS PCS) is to guide the specifics of patient care that are to be undertaken consistent with the scope of practice of the three occupational levels of paramedics.

The BLS Patient Care Standards are the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care expectations with respect to how paramedics will interact with their patients.

The Ministry of Health (ministry) has proceeded with the implementation of patient care models for eligible 9-1-1 patients, as enabled since the regulatory and legislative changes proclaimed on November 1, 2019. These patient care models will provide eligible patients with appropriate community-based care options to improve patients’ timely access to care needed, and to reduce pressures on hospital emergency departments and ambulance services.