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.

Where will you find October MedicNEWS when it's December? It's in the MedicNEWS archive, of course! 

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In This Issue

• RPPEO Holiday Message to Paramedics
• Focus: Meet the Physicians from Your Consultations on the Phone
• Deadline Alert: Maintenance of Certification
• BHP Corner: What's the Big Deal about Atrial Fibrillation?
• Quality & Patient Safety: The Times are A-Changing in Paramedicine

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Issue 1.8

Insight for Paramedics

What you need to know:

• A new directive and more changes coming to the ALS PCS this month
• Time to find out how we make our regional Acute Stroke Bypass program better
• This CTAS infographic will make relying on your memory a thing of the past
• Is a revision to the Ontario paramedic clinical app in the works?

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Issue 1.3

Insight for Paramedics in Eastern Ontario

In this issue:

We're cutting right to the facts of the day: clinical guidance with less frills during these rapidly changing times.