Chris Smith

Today, we're at @vaughan_mills and @uppercanadamall, celebrating #ParamedicServicesWeek with our community! Swing by to meet us, chat and learn about the vital work #Paramedics do to keep us safe. 🚑 #PSWeek2024

@FLTDOC1 I used a 30 exactly once in my career, and the patient was no where near 300lbs.

There are some pretty incredible and expensive battery powered loading systems on ambulances these days. How many of you out there have actually busted your back loading a 300 lb patient with something like this?

@MedicMatt17512 @clairezagorski Hi @clairezagorski , I did do my masters on this, and published one of the chapters looking at best metrics for tracking opioids, or more specifically how the way we do monitor is really bad. let me know if you want to connect. johnsmith{at}trentu.ca

@clairezagorski I believe you may want to connect with my good friend @lost_sheep30. His masters thesis was in this area and he might have some good insights. (DM me if you’d like to be connected directly, not sure how often he’s on here anymore.)

Change of pace today at @OntarioBHG AGM. @paramedic_tutor presenting on the future of VR in Paramedic Education

Great opertunity to watch my @McNallyProject colleague @WalterTava present at the @OntarioBHG AGM.

@MedicMatt17512 @garius Correct: per my grandfather: someone bought the monkey in port and smuggled it aboard. Monkey lived in with the stokers on their births. Unfortunately monkey was trained as a pick pocket and was stealing stuff and hiding it in the owners bunk, so they got rid of it quick.

@garius Not a cat, but if I recall the story correctly @lost_sheep30's grandfather served on HMCS Peterborough and they had a ship's monkey.

I should say that ship's cats are a MASSIVE obsession of mine. They're always utterly beloved by their crews, especially in war time, but also MASSIVELY under-documented. Both in terms of photos and records of their names, and when they served.

Does anyone have a print copy of @NAEMSP ‘s Prehosp Emerg Care. 2023;27(3). My first ever published article is in this edition and I’d love to have a hard copy! Online version: doi.org/10.1080/109031… @PECpodcast #Paramedic

Great afternoon of @KinderMedic with @ThatJonLee for @PtboParamedics spring CME. Fun learning afternoon.

Great start to the day at #CanPRD. (Canadian Paramedic Research Day). Amazing speakers.

This week (May 12th, 1pm EST) we announce and highlight some significant advances related to and involving the McNally Project. Want to learn more, join us. See McNallyProject.ca

@MedicMatt17512 @Rockurownium

@Rockurownium Oh man this is tough! So hard to please everyone. This year we’re doing fanny packs at my service which the committee all thought we’re great. Then I mentioned it to a friend and they laughed at it. 🤷‍♂️ In past yrs we’ve done cutlery sets for lunches, dry bags, travel mugs…

@jab_doc Once we make patient contact, reguardless of the reason for the call, it’s a full assessment and PCR for every patient. If they don’t want to go, it’s a refusal. A patient is anyone who an ambulance is called for.

What do y’all do for “lift assist” calls. Our lift assist calls are ems calls. We capture refusals and vitals etc. Too many of these calls we went back and found the pt much worse. The random /sudden weakness/syncope was a symptom.

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@MedicMatt17512 @OPSEUAmbDiv Possible theory: are we using different bands in RF spectrum which require larger technology? Probably not, but maybe? UK digital infrastructure is probably more advanced then our.

@OPSEUAmbDiv I’m struggling to understand how the decades overdue replacement to our radios is still a hip hurting size while our colleagues in the UK have ones that can clip to their jackets.

Longer antenna options provide for a better range of 2-5% for the updated Digital Mobile Radio project. This may be of benefit to rural services that have transmission challenges, though the length of the antenna may add other safety concerns. Discuss with the JHSC/employer.

@jab_doc @Xan_axolotl Now I want to see you rope something from the passenger window of a fire truck. Or from the hose bed.

@Xan_axolotl They took our horses years ago. We replaced them with diesel trucks. 😜

Texas firefighters. 😎 Yes this is training.

@MissouriEMS @Jakeification @jemsconnect @EMSWorldOFCL I always love supporting research, but I can’t scan a QR code on my phone with my phone and most people look at twitter on their phone. May want to consider adding a link.

Research Opportunity - To fulfill the Ambulance Service Manager program, a group is surveying EMS members about work ethic trends in EMS. They hope to show data trends that will help services struggling with staffing. Participate using the QR code! @jemsconnect @EMSWorldOFCL

@MatthewHumar If the review is from our Base Hospital (certifying agency) it’s called a Variance Report. If it’s from the paramedic service it’s called an ACE (Ambulance Call Evaluation) because they evaluate our ACR (Ambulance Call Report). (ACR is a legacy term in legislation)

Att: Paramedics We are writing a perspective on error and patient safety in paramedicine, and are wanting to acknowledge the language in this space (I'm being clinically reviewed or I've received a clinical breach). We were wondering what phrasing is used where you work?

@MedicMatt17512 And then watch the ER cut it off because you did it based “on mechanism”.

This is why I tell my students to just go ahead and apply a binder in nearly all multi-system traumas. Our ability to ID prehospital w/o any sort of DI is just too limited.

@ERshitmagnet It’s not necessarily healthy, but when my brother and sister-in-law had their first, we sent them a skip the dishes gift card. That way they could order what ever they wanted. When she was having a bad day, she could order herself something.

NEED SUGGESTIONS!!! one of my closest friends is giving birthday in a week and I unfortunately can’t be there due to this contract. I need to know of a food-meal service that can deliver her prepped foods (frozen or fresh) without the hassle

@MedicMatt17512 @cmdrbob558 @jlynnbolster I’ve heard @jlynnbolster speak a few times on her work during @McNallyProject Meeting. Looking forward to reading it and hopefully working with her in the future.

@cmdrbob558 @jlynnbolster @lost_sheep30 this research seems right up your alley.

❗️Important❗️ Hu et al., found that in BC the odds of fatal overdose were about 30% higher in rural areas than in large urban centers, with some regions reporting odds 50% higher than others. …medcentral-com.ezproxy.hlth.gov.bc.ca/articles/10.11…