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?

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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!

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Issue 1.7

Insight for Paramedics in eastern Ontario

In this issue:

• What the qualitative data shows about your patch calls
• The 2 surest signs for paramedics that it's fall
• Do this for less stress in your respiratory distress care
• This one thing can help stop medication errors

Issue 1.6

Insight for Paramedics in Eastern Ontario

In this issue:

• The real reason we tell patients about the scariest risks of refusing transport
• A smoothie-drinking patient case study
• 69 % of ACPs have this in common (Hint: it's a CME thing)
• Saying goodbye to one of our associate medical directors

Issue 1.4

Insight for Paramedics in Eastern Ontario

In this issue:

• Just the Facts: Answers to your questions about COVID-19
• MAC's Considerations Memo: Changes to oxygen therapy
• In Focus: High Flow and High Concentration oxygen explained
• MOH Screening Tool: New symptom added
• Patient Safety: Incidents in a Just Culture
• Spring CME: It'll be online!

Issue 1.3

Insight for Paramedics in Eastern Ontario

In this issue:

We're cutting right to the facts of the day: clinical guidance with less frills during these rapidly changing times.

Issue 1.2

Insight for Paramedics in Eastern Ontario

In this issue:

• Answers to your frequently asked questions about paramedic clinical guidance on COVID-19
• RPPEO Director Penny Price's message to paramedics responding during this pandemic
• Going virtual with your return to clinical practice assessment

Issue 1.1

Insight for Paramedics in Eastern Ontario

In this newsletter:

• Find out the plan for Spring CME
• Clinical guidance you need to know
• A message from the Director