The new issue of MedicNEWS for June/July 2022 is out now: Read it here!

In this issue:

BHP Corner: Should we be ventilating everyone with a baby BVM? Pulmonary barotrauma from assisted ventilation may be associated with increased morbidity and mortality, so it's important to minimize the likelihood of it occurring. Dr. Nick Costain summarizes the evidence and answers the question of whether it’s time to use the pediatric BVM for everyone. See Dr. Costain’s conclusions.

Your first glance at Fall CME: RPPEO is now hiring facilitators for classroom practise!
In a big hint about the format for Fall CME, RPPEO is now hiring facilitators to help with hands-on practise. Learn about the format and content.

The early data on pain and its management is in, but can it tell us how we're doing?
We've started a new regular review of how we're doing when it comes to pain and its management by analyzing a group of patients who are very likely to have pain and be able to tell us about the pain: trauma patients with a GCS of 15. What do the initial results tell us?

A final farewell to RPPEO's first Medical Director, Dr. Justin Maloney
Dr. Justin Maloney helped to shape the emergency health care system by this vision, bringing 911 service to Ottawa and helping it spread through much of Canada in the 1980s, establishing an Advanced Care Paramedic scope of practice in our region during the 1990s and introducing CPR to the high school curricula of students across Canada through the ACT Foundation in the 2000s. Dr. Maloney died on May 2, 2022, after a short time with cancer and a long, influential career in emergency medicine at the Ottawa Hospital. He was 74.
Read the In Memorium

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