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PARAMEDICINE 2009
November 20, 2009 at 6pm to November 22, 2009 at 2pm – Novotel Toronto Mississauga Center
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Hi Ben,
If these are in fact PVCs you can rest assured that intrisic beats will surface once the PVCs dissapear. We know that when there's a compensatory pause that this occurs because the ectopic depolarizes the SA node and resets the timing of t...
...just to add to my previous comments....If you remove the PVCs from what might appear to be an underlying bradycardia, you can replace the PVC with a normal QRS that would fall exactly between the QRS wave before the PVC and the QRS after the PV...
Without a more complete picture it's difficult to judge but I am inclined to say no, don't treat the PVCs. Here's why:
1. PVC are generally a symptom of some underlying cause such as cardiac ischemia (variety of causes).
2. I would ask why is the ...
I love this question! It's one of my favorites.
My short answer would be: 1. Giving oxygen will do no harm and may in fact be critically important, regardless of the etiology. 2. Never give the patient a bag or an oxygen mask without oxygen with ...
I think that on the surface the ethical issue stems from the perception that providing clean needles is in essence condoning the drug habit and all the crime that surrounds the drug user. Another way to look at it is from the benefits vs. risk per...
PARAMEDICINE 2009 at Novotel Toronto Mississauga Center
November 20, 2009 at 6pm to November 22, 2009 at 2pm
From November 20-22, 2009 join your Canadian colleagues for an educational conference for EMS personnel of all levels.
The first question would be: why give bicarb in cardiac arrest? We don't mix bicarb with other solutions...i.e. injecting epi through a line containing a bicarb infusion would neutralize the epi. On the other hand, injecting bicarb, epi or atropin...
For me...small is fine unless the patient has an actual or potential need for fluids.
Minimum 18g for medical fluid resuscitation
deally a 14g for hypovolemia fluid resuscitation.
Note...The minimum size required for administration of blood (pack...
Is there an EMS consultant for the show? I don't get that impression from what I've seen. It's such as shame. I think that a show that reflects the true drama of out of hospital care and that also shows the professionalism, compassion and critical...
Our EMT-Basic equivalent (Primary Care Paramedic) is a 2 year program with 980 hours of didactic, 126 hours in the hospital (ER, geriatric, paeditric, neonatal, birthing unit, respiratory therapy, coronary care unit, etc) and 434 hours on the ambu...
In the past 25 years I have met very few medical directors who earn their money so it's always refreshing to meet someone who is committed. I met a medical director a few years back who had been the medical director for a large service for 12 year...
I wear gloves on every call, as do my colleagues. However unlike many of my colleagues, I also where goggles and a mask for all febrile respiratory illnesses. I also wear a mask for all significant burn patients (reverse isolation).
cheers
Rob (m...
I agree! Keep politics off of and out of the ambulance. One of the objectives of a strike or a work to rule is to garner public support. There's a fine line between getting the message out and getting public support. Sometimes they go hand in hand...
Great discussion! We're required to monitor ETCO2 for all intubated patients. The interesting piece here is that I think the paper you referred to is now out of date. i.e. ETCO2 seems to be, and this is purely anectodal, much higher in in cardiac ...
I am looking forwards to having some discussions with my students about tonight's show. I'm not optimistic it will be medically accurate and I hopeful that it won't be gushing with gratuitous unrealistic drama.....we'll see :)
On the really optim...
I recently developed a series of over 30 mini enhanced Podcasts covering 12 Lead ECG interpretation and including STEMI review. You can find them on my blog: Paramedic Tutor under the eLearner tab.
Profile Information
- Role in EMS
- Paramedic/EMT-I/EMT-D, Instructor/Educator
- Primary Agency/Department Type
- Educational
- Primary Department/Agency Name
- Georgian College
- Department/Agency Web Site
- http://www.georgianc.on.ca
- Years in EMS/Public Safety
- 25
- My Training:
- BHSc., EMCA, RCT (Adv.), CCP(F)
- About Me
- - coordinate and teach the Primary and Advanced Care Paramedic Programs at Georgian College
- continue to work as an advanced care paramedic
- have taught Primary, Advanced and Critical Care Paramedic Programs
- began career in 1984 after graduating from Centennial College
- worked in Ontario and British Columbia in both land and air ambulance systems
- Between 1987 and 1997, worked aboard the Air Ambulance helicopter, "Bandage One", based in Toronto - trained as a Critical Care Flight Paramedic
- featured in a nine part Discovery Channel series called “Flight Path: Bandage One” now playing on the History Channel (Canada)
- recipient of the Governor General of Canada EMS Exemplary Service Medal
- three time recipient of the Ontario Paramedic Association Exemplary Service Award
- 2009 recipient of the Ontario "Teaching Innovation and Technology" award
- speaker at conferences across Canada and internationally
- published in the New England Journal of Medicine, Resuscitation
- author of The Canadian Paramedic: An Introduction (Canadian supplement to Mosby’s Paramedic Textbook).
- interested in alternative and complimentary methods of education delivery - e.g. Podcasting, Webcasting, blogs, wikis, nings
- Day Job
- Paramedic educator
- Relationship Status
- Married
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Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 4:28pm on July 13, 2009,
Brad Newbury said… - Hello Rob,
I came across your recorded classes and was excited to find you teaching Paramedic's online in Canada. I have developed an online paramedic program based out of Massachusetts that has an international component.
I would be interested speaking with you about our respective programs.
Brad Newbury
Paramedic Program Coordinator
Southcoast Training
Cell- 508-851-0791
Email-brad@southcoasttraining.com
www.southcoasttraining.com
- At 6:42pm on May 4, 2009,
Kathy Kimble said… - Hey Rob! NIce to meet you!
- At 9:56am on May 1, 2009,
Kathy Kimble said…
- Hey Rob and welcome to JEMS connect.
- At 9:44am on April 30, 2009,
Steve Berry said… - Yo Rob
Thanks for the kind words. You be safe up there in the skies above
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A place for Paramedics who are RN's or anyone interested in the merging of the two worlds.
As a newly-licenced paramedic, I also agree that the current system is flawed. My clinicals alternated between extremely good and a few situations where I was the most-senior person on the truck...as a student. The problem isn't limited to the civ...
doc,
You are also forgetting the relative call volumes and the effect they have. Law enforcement is the busiest function (crime fighting) so the cops have the least time to devote to other, non-crime-fighting functions.
That makes it intutively o...
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