Introduction In Ontario, Canada, paramedics use the Field Trauma Triage Standard to identify patients at risk for severe injury. These triage criteria encompass physiologic, anatomic, mechanism of injury, and special considerations that should be transported directly a trauma center. Patients meeting any one these mandate direct transfer This study evaluated whether severely injured underwent a...

The right person in the right place and at the right time is not always possible; telemedicine offers the potential to give audio and visual access to the appropriate clinician for patients. Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) in the area of video-to-video communication have led to growth in telemedicine applications in recent years. For these advances to be properly inte...

The right person in the right place and at the right time is not always possible; telemedicine offers the potential to give audio and visual access to the appropriate clinician for patients. Advances in information and communication technology (ICT) in the area of video-to-video communication have led to growth in telemedicine applications in recent years. For these advances to be properly inte...

Introduction Pre-hospital emergency anaesthesia (PHEA) is a high-risk activity. Recent guidelines suggest that providers consider using pre-procedure checklists [1]. We applied the principles of checklist development and design to our PHEA practice, developed a pre-anaesthetic checklist and introduced it to our service. Methods An expert group of physicians and paramedics within our service con...