In This Issue

🩺 Certification: January 31 MoC Deadline Approaches

A reminder of what counts toward Maintenance of Certification and to check your MedicNET profile before Jan 31

🎓 Continuing Education: Spring 2026 CME Preview

Dr. Katie Lin joins RPPEO for a high‑yield webinar on undifferentiated loss of consciousness, with automatic CME credit for live attendees and a recorded module for CME viewing.

In This Issue

🩺 Editorial: The Heat, the Hurt, and the Hype

Acetaminophen is in the spotlight. We unpack the recent misinformation linking it to autism, revisit the real evidence, and share how paramedics can help patients make informed choices. Don’t miss our “Cones & Fins” visual explainer on correlation vs. causation.

As paramedics, staying informed means staying ready. In this edition of MedicNEWS, we spotlight several developments shaping your practice this spring.

Welcome to the March 2025 issue of MedicNEWS! This edition brings you clinical updates, continuing education opportunities, and system-level developments that impact paramedic practice in our region and beyond.

Welcome to the January 2025 edition of MedicNEWS! Dive into this issue filled with practical insights, professional updates, and intriguing stories. Here’s what’s inside:

The latest MedicNEWS issue is live, bringing paramedics valuable updates, case studies, and new tools to support practice! As a result of the audience survey feedback earlier this year, we're on an improvement trajectory for MedicNEWS.  This issue includes more case studies, as requested, and we’re adding more summaries of the longer articles like you’ll see below.

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 Ontario.

You can browse the MedicNEWS catalogue or find articles on topics you're interested in by visiting the MedicNEWS page on RPPEO.ca.

Read February 2024 MedicNEWS

In this issue:

• A New Way to Correspond with RPPEO During Quality Reviews
• Getting Ready for Your Maintenance of Certification Deadline
• A Message from Your Medical Director About Safe Care for Complex Patients
• Navigating Acute Behavioural Disturbances
• New Elective CME Live and In Person
• Putting the "Care" in Health Care
• Your Base Hospital's Research Contributions Last Year
• 6 Perfect Prezzies for the Paramedics on Your List

Plus: see the new video on capacity and consent, reflect on case studies, and more in November/December MedicNEWS!

RPPEO’s bi-monthly online news magazine for paramedics, MedicNEWS is your key to insight on the current issues in clinical practice for Eastern Ontario.

Click here to read the latest issue.

In this issue:

• Get the When, Where and What of Your Fall CME
• Patient Choice, Ethical Practice and the DNR Conundrum in BHP Corner
• Find Great Elective CME with RPPEO Live Events This Autumn in Continuing Education

Plus: be the first to see the new palliative care video, find more online electives, get our link recommendations, and more in September MedicNEWS!

RPPEO’s bi-monthly online news magazine for paramedics, MedicNEWS is your key to insight on the current issues in clinical practice for Eastern Ontario.

Click here to read the latest issue.