Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The three categories that will be considered in 2024 include: Award of Excellence for a Quality Workplace Award of Excellence for an Innovative Treatment or Technology Award of Excellence for a Client Centered Initiative The person or team shall be nominated by the care providers and leaders of Paramedicine in Canada.

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Critical Care Scenarios

MARCH 27, 2024

Paramedicine. A minimum of 45 minutes of resuscitation should be offered. References * The guideline: Howard J, Grusd E, Rice D, et al. Development of an international prehospital CPR-induced consciousness guideline: A Delphi study. Pre-hospital guidelines for CPR-Induced Consciousness (CPRIC): A scoping review.

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Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

APRIL 18, 2024

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Paramedic Chiefs of Canada

MAY 16, 2024

Atlantic regional seat – Matthew Spidel, Regional Director, Island EMS Yukon – Ryan Soucy, Deputy Chief Technical Operations, Yukon EMS New Brunswick – Jean Pierre Savoie, Vice President of Operations, Ambulance New Brunswick Prince Edward Island – Darcy Clinton, Director Of Operations, Medavie Health Services, Island EMS Newfoundland – Michelle Breen, (..)

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NAEMSP

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Expanding on their definition above, Hunter and colleagues (2019) offer several theoretical frameworks by which situational awareness can be understood, of which they argue that Mica Endsley’s three-level framework of situational awareness (comprised of identification, interpretation, and prediction) is most applicable to paramedicine.

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High Performance EMS

JULY 13, 2020

The NHTSA Office of EMS released a significant document last year called the EMS Agenda 2050 that was carefully crafted to set a bold vision for the next 30 years of paramedicine by clearly differentiating the focus of care from its original definition in the 1996 EMS Agenda for the Future.

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Irish College of Paramedics

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Helicopter EMS in Cork: a paramedicine perspective. Irish Journal of Paramedicine. The recent discussions regarding the crew composition of the proposed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Cork require comment from paramedicine. The discipline of paramedicine is growing and evolving. Reproduced from Knox, S.

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Irish College of Paramedics

MARCH 23, 2018

Congratulations Professor Knox - a fantastic achievement for paramedicine in Ireland, and truly deserved. Our warmest congratulations go to the President of the Irish College of Paramedics, Dr. Shane Knox, on his appointment as Adjunct Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine.

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Irish College of Paramedics

JULY 6, 2018

The Irish College of Paramedics and the Australian and New Zealand College of Paramedicine (ANZCP) have signed an MOU in order to collaborate and cooperate on advancement of the paramedic profession. ICoP Vice-President Alan Batt signed the MOU with John Bruning, General Manager of the ANZCP in Melbourne this week.

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The EMS Educator

NOVEMBER 20, 2021

To see the agenda and register for the research conference, click here. To see the agenda and register for the research conference, click here.

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The Overrun Podcast

MARCH 4, 2019

We look at the IAFC position statement and discuss why there's fire science, but not paramedicine degrees. [link] Percentage of EMS responses by FDNY in 2017 [link] Caffrey, et al. on the value of a degree h [link] IAFC position statement on paramedic degrees The gang discusses the controversies and challenges over paramedic degrees.

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Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast

APRIL 12, 2019

But should a secondary degree be mandated for paramedicine? Prehospital Emergency Care Podcast Small-batch: Paramedic Education Requirements "A mind needs books like a sword needs a whetstone if it is to keep its edge." Tyrion Lannister, Game of Thrones More paramedic education is always beneficial. How would this initiative be supported?

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Peter Canning

DECEMBER 26, 2023

So you are an expert on paramedicine, but isn’t it true that you yourself are guilty of (long list of failures)…” They still wanted me, so I then sent them a blog post titled “ Your Hono r” which detailed a call I was on where I dropped a patient and one where I found myself with an empty oxygen tank. .

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The Overrun

JUNE 3, 2023

Today’s paramedicine is an investment in time for the patient’s ultimate benefit. The current waste rate for the program is around 1-2%, and they have sponsored public outreach to find low-titer type O donors.(4) 4) The paradigm of prehospital care is changing. No longer are we trapped in the binary “load and go” or “stay and play” mindset.

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My Paramedic Blog

JANUARY 31, 2018

My posts dwindled because PTSD sucked all my passion out of paramedicine. When I first wanted to become a paramedic, I wanted to learn all I could about paramedicine. The truth can heal. The truth is, I have PTSD. I had trouble writing in this blog ever since I started getting PTSD symptoms. Can I handle the stress?

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Don't Forget the Bubbles

MAY 29, 2023

Incidence and impact of incivility in paramedicine: a qualitative study. [Review of Cultivating Communities of Practice: A Guide to Managing Knowledge, by Wenger E, McDermott R, Snyder WM]. Academy of Management Learning & Education [Internet] 2009: 8:2:301–303. Available at [link] Credland NJ, Whitfield C.

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My Paramedic Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2015

Having chosen the path of paramedicine has taken me to interesting places, allowed me to try various jobs, shown me that none of these jobs were more satisfying than paramedic work (that I didn’t choose wrong!) I haven’t posted in this blog for a long time and yet I am getting more traffic than ever before.

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Paramedic Training Spot

DECEMBER 8, 2021

Army Paramedic vs Civilian Paramedic The main difference between Army paramedicine and civilian paramedicine is licensing; civilian paramedics require a state license to practice medicine. In either event, a breakdown of the LES is a beneficial tool for anyone looking to join the military.

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My Paramedic Blog

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

I can feel the hunger for paramedicine again, the drive to learn, to push myself towards the goals I set back in 2009. I found I lost the raving passion I once felt for paramedicine, I found myself pushing it away. It is as if I have found the light inside me once more, and I can finally harness and access it.

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NAEMSP

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Palliative paramedicine: Comparing clinical practice through guideline quality appraisal and qualitative content analysis. References: 1. Juhrmann ML, Anderson NE, Boughey M, McConnell DS, Bailey P, Parker LE, Noble A, Hultink AH, Butow PN, Clayton JM. Palliat Med. 2022 Sep;36(8):1228-1241. doi: 10.1177/02692163221110419.

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AmboFOAM

MAY 7, 2017

If you are fearful of a drunk tripping over in your general direction, perhaps paramedicine isn’t the career for you…) It’s worth having a read of the policy and procedure that we have governing radio communication, and practicing the actual use of radios with your Clinical Instructor.

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Pulsara

APRIL 17, 2024

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following is an excerpt from an article by Larry Beresford, originally published on EMS World on April 3rd, 2024. Check out the full article here.

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The Overrun

MAY 18, 2020

But if we truly want paramedicine to flourish, then we need to identify those who do not meet the standard and move them along. Why do we tolerate their garbage? We know it hurts our profession; we just don’t want to confront it. Because it’s not popular, and it’s easier to go along and get along. Just like every other profession.

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Best Practice Medicine

MARCH 2, 2024

Discover the incredible story of how best practice medicine played a crucial role in saving a man in need.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Introduction: Tension pneumothorax related to chest trauma is a rapidly lethal condition that requires immediate treatment, often prior to arrival at definitive care. Recent concerns regarding the safety and efficacy of needle thoracostomy (NT) have led to alternatives.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Objective: The objectives of this systematic review were to evaluate the incidence, patient demographics and associated outcomes of adult syncope presentations to emergency medical services (EMS) within current literature.

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NAEMSP

APRIL 26, 2023

EMS Perspectives: An OpEd Page on the History and Future of EMS By Clayton Kazan, MD, MS, FACEP, FAEMS So we are about 54 years into the pilot project that is EMS and paramedicine. That we would even exist, much less thrive, years later, was viewed by many as highly improbable at the time.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Objectives: Almost one third of pediatric 9-1-1 calls result in non-transport by Emergency Medical Services (EMS). It is unknown to what extent these decisions are driven by caregivers’ decisions to decline transport versus EMS advice that transport is unnecessary.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Background and purpose: A valid 12-lead electrocardiogram (ECG) depends on correct acquisition technique, particularly on the accurate location of precordial (chest) electrodes. The emergency medical services (EMS) segment of the care continuum is under-represented in previous clinically oriented studies of electrode placement.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Background : Emergency Department (ED) overcrowding limits patient care in the prehospital and hospital system. A program was implemented to decrease the time to patient handoff from EMS arrival to ED staff, also known as the delivery interval and total turnaround interval.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Introduction As the global demand for emergency health services continues to expand, the role of paramedics persists and grows alongside the expansion of ambulance services. The need to explore alternative pathways for enhancing service efficiency and alleviating hospital demands is increasingly evident, particularly for low-acuity cases.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

APRIL 3, 2024

Objective Ambulance staff are at increased risk of negative wellbeing outcomes, though there is a lack of research into their wellbeing.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

JANUARY 5, 2024

Objective Determining the decision-making capacity of patients in the prehospital setting is a high-risk area for EMS systems. This risk is only enhanced by the growing prevalence of mental, neurological, and substance use disorders.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

JANUARY 5, 2024

Background: Hazardous chemicals are essential for modern society but the use and transportation of them bears the risk of major incidents. Past incidents have revealed the importance of preparation and training of emergency medical service (EMS) personnel when responding to these incidents.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

JANUARY 5, 2024

Background: The shock index is a valid tool used to detect impending circulatory collapse in the pre-hospital setting. As validation of the shock index requires high sample sizes, the majority of retrospective studies have been performed at urban level 1 trauma centers.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

JANUARY 5, 2024

Iatrogenic events are common causes of EMS encounters. This report present the case of a 62-year-old male who presented with new-onset chest pain after his primary care provider increased his diltiazem dose to better control atrial fibrillation. The patient presented with nausea, vomiting, diaphoresis, and 8/10 sub-sternal chest pain.

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International Journal of Paramedicine

JANUARY 5, 2024

Supraglottic airways (SGAs) can be life-saving devices allowing for oxygenation and ventilation in patients who cannot be intubated. However, these devices also have a risk of high-pressure ventilation injuries, including pneumothoraces, pneumomediastinum, and massive subcutaneous air.

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