It is Paramedic Services Week and the RPPEO would like to acknowledge and honor the hard work and dedication of the paramedics of Eastern Ontario. Over the past year more has been asked of paramedics than ever before, and you have answered the call. Every day you respond to calls for help from the ill and injured. Each call for service is made by someone who sees or feels a problem they believe they cannot manage on their own, and there is a noble place in history for those who come to help.
It was time to move the RPPEO website design to a new platform that supports the latest in security and site features.
With this move, we've refreshed the content and organization based on paramedics' feedback. The RPPEO website is a vital link between the base hospital and paramedics for medical direction, clinical advice, quality & patient safety, certification and continuing education.
Our top priority with this new design is that paramedics can easily find the practice information that they need. Following that, we also want paramedics to feel that they're getting updates on relevant base hospital news and the trends in clinical quality, patient safety, continuing education and paramedic certification that affect them and their practice of paramedicine.
In launching the new site design, we've made two big changes:
The Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario (RPPEO) is pleased to announce a new, more secure and efficient correspondence process for discussions of quality & safety and patient outcomes.
Beginning in November, 2023, paramedics will receive an automated email with a unique, encrypted link to correspondence about quality & safety reviews or new information about patient outcomes.
Using the link in the email, paramedics will login using your base hospital credentials. Once logged in, you will find the latest correspondence from the base hospital for your review and action.
Watch your email for your first correspondence using the new methods for correspondence!
The Ontario Base Hospital Group Education Subcommittee (OBHG ESC) has released its Companion Document for the Advanced Life Support Patient Care Standards version 5.1.
The Companion Document is an educational tool that helps to provide clarification on changes and updates to the Advanced Life Support Patient Care Standards.
The Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario (RPPEO) has implemented a new Accessibility of Base Hospital Services Policy, effective December 2, 2024. This policy supports paramedics and other clients who may encounter barriers during RPPEO-managed processes due to a disability.
Key Highlights:
Paramedics with disabilities can request accommodations for barriers they encounter in certification, education, or other RPPEO services.
Each request will be evaluated individually, and appropriate accommodations will be determined collaboratively.
The policy is available on RPPEO.ca in the Policy section.
If you have questions or would like to request accommodations, contact Jeff Robbins at certification@RPPEO.ca.
The Ontario Base Hospital Group (OBHG) is recruiting Paramedic Advisors to provide frontline paramedic perspectives on key provincial committees. This is an opportunity for paramedics to directly influence education, data quality, and medical advisory decisions that shape paramedic practice across Ontario.
What is OBHG?
OBHG provides medical and operational advice to the Ministry of Health Emergency Health Services Division (MOH EHS). Paramedics are essential members of OBHG committees, ensuring that policy and clinical decisions reflect the realities of prehospital care.
Which Committees Need Paramedic Advisors?
Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) – Advises on patient care, leadership, funding, and EMS operations.
Data Quality Management (DQM) Subcommittee – Oversees paramedic data collection and reporting standards.
Education Subcommittee (ESC) – Reviews paramedic education standards and delivery.
Why Get Involved?
Represent frontline paramedics and ensure your voice is heard at the provincial level.
Help shape paramedic education, clinical guidelines, and data quality initiatives.
Gain experience in leadership, policy development, and system-level decision-making.
Who Can Apply?
Active Primary or Advanced Care Paramedics with several years of experience.
Candidates should have a letter of support from their Regional Base Hospital and EMS service.
OBHG aims for diverse representation from urban and rural paramedic services across Ontario.
What’s the Commitment?
Three-year term (with flexibility for career changes).
Attendance at quarterly in-person meetings plus additional teleconferences as needed.
Travel expenses for meetings may be reimbursed, but the role is voluntary.
How to Apply
Applicants must submit:
✔ A cover letter outlining their paramedic level, region, and interest in specific committees.
✔ A brief CV summarizing their experience.
✔ Letters of support from their EMS employer, Base Hospital, and at least one paramedic colleague.
Applications are due March 12, 2025. They open every three years. If you’re interested in contributing to provincial decision-making and paramedic practice improvements, this is your chance to step forward.
For full details, see the official call for applications in the PDF below!
The Ontario Base Hospital Group (OBHG) is seeking applications for new representation from front line paramedics for all provincial committees:
Ontario Base Hospital Group Medical Advisory Committee (OBHG MAC) -2
Data Quality Management Subcommittee (DQM) -1
Education Subcommittee (ESC) -1
Term: April 1, 2024 – March 31, 2027
For more information about this opportunity and how to apply, please see the invitation on the OBHG website. Note that the application deadline is March 1, 2024.
Remember when you could bring a page of notes into your math exam? Having all the formulas written out in your teeny-tiny scribble really helped not to forget that r was squared and c was a constant equal to the speed of light.
Now you've got a similar tool integrated into the Ontario Paramedic Clinical Guide.
The new tool isn't for math, though. The Ontario Base Hospital Group put the key highlights for applying the prehospital Canadian Triage and Acuity Score (CTAS) to your adult patients into graphic form.
We're thrilled to share an exciting update that will improve patient care: the expansion of Online Medical Consultation (OMC) services to two more base hospitals - the Centre for Paramedic Education and Research (CPER) in Hamilton, and Health Sciences North (HSN) in Sudbury.
Palliative Care Treat & Refer Directives are now available.
The Palliative Care Medical Directives provide the standards of paramedic care for patients receiving palliative care who are attended by emergency paramedics participating in the Ministry of Health's special project, Paramedics Providing Palliative Care.
