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Recent News and Updates
11 September 2024
Fall 2024 CME Launches Online September 12!
We are thrilled to invite you to join us for our Fall 2024 Continuing Medical Education (CME) program, titled "A Basket of New Skills." This course is designed to enhance your expertise in the latest advancements in paramedic emergency care and introduce new treatments based on updates from Ontario's Ministry of Health to the Advanced Life Suppo...
30 August 2024
Trauma Days Are Back in 2024!
The Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario (RPPEO) is excited to announce the return of Trauma Days for 2024! Following the success of our full-day courses in Ottawa and Kingston last year, Eric Gagnon is back to deliver his popular and informative Trauma Day Continuing Medical Education (CME) sessions.
New Hybrid Format for Greater Acc...
22 May 2024
National Paramedic Services Week - Special Thank you
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 b...
02 April 2024
OMC Evolution
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.
28 February 2024
Spring 2024 CME Launches March 13, 2024, on MedicLEARN
RPPEO Spring 2024 CME is launching online on Wednesday, March 13. The RPPEO's Spring continuing medical education module is aimed at ACPs. PCPs from paramedic services supporting participation are also welcome to participate in the Spring session.
RPPEO today emailed a Spring 2024 CME Launch Letter containing details of the education to each ce...
28 February 2024
Medical Advisory on Cardiac Arrest On-scene Resuscitation Time
A new RPPEO Medical Advisory is in effect.
Medical Advisory on Cardiac Arrest On-scene Resuscitation Time (2024-01) provides clinical practice guidance for RPPEO-certified paramedics.
You may find this Medical Advisory and other written RPPEO guidance in the Policies and Practices section of RPPEO.ca.
27 February 2024
MedicNEWS for February 2024
In this issue of MedicNEWS:
Spring 2024 CME Announced! in Continuing Education
Paramedics on the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis in BHP Corner
Corresponding about Quality & Safety
A New Clinical Bulletin to Help Your Practice
RPPEO is Hiring in Announcements
MedicNEWS is the RPPEO bi-monthly news magazine for paramedics in Eastern...
09 February 2024
ALS PCS v5.3 in Force February 9, 2024
The Ministry of Health has issued a revised version of the Advanced Life Support Patient Care Standards (ALS PCS). Version 5.3 came into force on February 9, 2024.
ALS PCS v5.3 added intranasal glucagon to the Hypoglycemia Medical Directives for trained and authorized paramedics.
RPPEO Forms
Latest MedicASK Questions
Heated blankets for hypothermic/trauma patients
Question: What is RPPEO's stance on the use of one time use heated blankets, with patients who are either hypothermic, or have suffered multi-system trauma?
BHP's Delegating Transport Destination
Question: When patching to Base Hospital, can the Physician direct the crew to a specific destination when no bypass agreements/criteria have been met?
Naloxone IM dosing
Question: I have a friend who works at a safe injection site and they posed a topic about giving 0.2mg of Naloxone IM instead of 0.4mg. They were mentioning that they have yielded much better results to rest...
ETT Epinephrine
Question: What is BH's recommendation for administration of the 2mg dose of epinephrine via ETT in cardiac arrest, as the directive states as per RBHP for the solution?
How is "currently" defined if we intend to give steroids for bronchoconstriction?
Question: The contraindications to administer dexamethasone state "currently on PO or parenteral steroids". How is currently defined?
RPPEO Medical Team
RPPEO MedicASK provides paramedics the opportunity to ask questions to our Medical Directors regarding ALS PCS medical directives or other related patient care opportunities.
All questions will be reviewed and answered by staff within the RPPEO. Please browse through our questions and answers, as well as the latest ALS or BLS Patient Care Standards or Companion Document for the Advanced Life Support Patient Care Standards.