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It's time to get ready for Spring 2021 CME!

Spring 2021 CME is a two-part offering this year, with both virtual workshops for live participation or recorded viewing and online learning modules. 

New this year, we've added optional live virtual workshops to this Spring's core CME for RPPEO-certified ACPs! PCPs are also invited to participate in the live or recorded CME events.

The complete Spring 2021 CME will combine 4.5 hours of virtual workshops with online learning modules completing the remainder of your 8-hour core CME requirement. We're doing this to give paramedics more variety in this Spring’s reliance on distance education due to the ongoing pandemic.  

All 8 hours of Spring 2021 CME will be available in MedicLEARN beginning on May 12, 2021.  

Read on to learn more about Spring 2021 CME and register for some or all of the live workshops on May 4, 5, and 6.

Considerations for Paramedics Managing Patients during the COVID-19 Pandemic

 Updated Guidance in force as of Feb 22, 2021

The provincial Medical Advisory Committee (MAC) on Monday, February 22, 2021 released its  latest update on considerations for paramedics during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This memo replaces both the May 6th, 2020 and the January 4th, 2021 considerations documents and memos.

Feb 22, 2021 MAC Memorandum

MAC's Summary of Changes

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?

Read the issue here!

MyGriefToolbox.ca helps paramedics respond to palliative care calls and expands their capacity to provide quality care.

The first seven modules provide paramedics with:

• Tactics to support patients and families in acute grief before and after a death.
• Strategies to intervene sensitively.
• Guidance to constructively manage work-related grief and the other stresses of working with people at end of life.
• There is also a module for your friends and family to help them understand and respond to the stresses of your career.
• Your words and actions matter. They significantly impact your patients and their families and have the potential to make a positive (or negative) impact for years to come.