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.
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.
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?
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 Ontario Base Hospital Group's Education Subcommittee has prepared an Education Memo to support ALS PCS 5.3.
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.
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