Ottawa Paramedic Shares Her Story Krista Shipman, a paramedic with Ottawa Paramedic Service, shared her story of surviving cervical cancer at Turnbull School’s “Mission Possible” launch. Check out the details here.

MEDS SHORTAGE No Drugs For You! Quebec-based drug manufacturer, Sandoz, is responsible for producing many of the front line meds used by paramedics in the field. Because of recents actions against Sandoz paramedics in Canada can expect to face shortages in several key drugs produced by this company. The drugs of immediate concern include: morphine, [...]

OxyNEO As of February 29 Oxycontin is being removed from the Ontario Drug Benefit formulary and as of March 01 it will no longer be available in Canada. Purdue Pharma Canada has changed the formulation of tablet to make it more to abuse proof. It is not news to paramedics that the abuse of oxycodone [...]

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THE FULL MOON EFFECT Why does it seem as all hell breaks loose on or around the Full Moon?  The term Lunatic is derived from the word Lunar (Moon). Anyone who does not believe that the full moon effects behaviour really needs to go for a ride along with EMS. So is there any scientific [...]

DEALING WITH THE VERBALLY ABUSIVE We have all seen Cops and Scariest Police Chases and watched the dashboard camera video and shook our head in disbelief at how some belligerent person was yelling at the officer. I am willing to bet that a good majority of paramedics wished they had dashboard cameras with them to [...]