The Canadian Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CanROC) Paramedic Primer
By Nick Sajko & Judah Goldstein The out-of-hospital component of medical care begins with a 911 call and often ends on arrival to the Emergency Department. In this setting, a wide breadth of medical issues can be encountered, the most serious of which require out-of-hospital resuscitation (OHR). Although a broad category, OHR mainly involves two major conditions, both of which are associated with high mortality and morbidity rates. These conditions include: 1) out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA), and 2) major trauma. … Read More