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New Interventions Added to the Database
 InterventionProtocolDate Added
Epinephrine via IOCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareJun 24 2025
IV RouteCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareJun 24 2025
IO accessCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareJun 24 2025
IO routeCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareJun 24 2025
IO lower extremityCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareJun 24 2025
IO upper extremityCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareJun 24 2025
CalciumTrauma - Limb Amputation/Mangled/Major HemorrhageJan 29 2025
SupportPsychiatric - Mental Health CrisisJan 22 2025
DefibrillationCardiac Arrest - Traumatic ArrestJan 21 2025
POCUSEnvironmental Emergency - Diving Injury (Decompression Sickness or Bends)Nov 26 2024
Transport for ECMOPediatric Cardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareNov 26 2024
Early advanced airwayAdvanced Airway Management - Airway Management (Non-intubation)Nov 25 2024
High flow nasal cannulaRespiratory Distress (SOB) - Pulmonary Edema (CHF)Nov 25 2024
KetamineAltered Mental State-Dec. LOC - Altered Mental Status (NYD)Oct 25 2024
KetamineAltered Mental State-Dec. LOC - Seizure (Adult)Oct 25 2024
Interfacility ECMO transferPediatric Cardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareAug 19 2024
Transfer to an ECMO capable centreCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareAug 19 2024
Refer to GPTreat and Release/Refer - ReferAug 16 2024
SedationCardiac Arrest - Post-Cardiac Arrest CareJul 21 2024
Nitroglycerin-inhaledRespiratory Distress (SOB) - Pulmonary Edema (CHF)Jul 21 2024
Prediction scoreMalaise, Sick - Vertigo/DizzinessJul 21 2024
Tranexamic AcidPerinatal Care - Childbirth/Post Natal Mother CareJul 21 2024
Prehospital ECMOCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareJun 27 2024
Ventilatory feedback deviceCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareJun 27 2024
Intubation by CCTTrauma - Traumatic Brain InjuryJun 23 2024
Intubation by non-CCTTrauma - Traumatic Brain InjuryJun 23 2024
POCUSShock (non-septic) - Hemorrhagic ShockJun 13 2024
Remove wet clothingEnvironmental Emergency - HypothermiaJun 12 2024
ETCO2Perinatal Care - Neonatal Resuscitation May 19 2024
IntubationEnvironmental Emergency - DrowningMay 19 2024
Supraglottic airwayEnvironmental Emergency - DrowningMay 19 2024
NorepinephrineCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareFeb 28 2024
Elevate extremityTrauma - Limb Amputation/Mangled/Major HemorrhageFeb 20 2024
BCLSPediatric Cardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareFeb 07 2024
Direct to CTStroke-CVA-TIA - Stroke-CVA-TIAFeb 06 2024
Pre-arrival notification/planStroke-CVA-TIA - Stroke-CVA-TIAFeb 06 2024
Bypass to EVT capable centreStroke-CVA-TIA - Stroke-CVA-TIAFeb 06 2024
ETCO2 to guide terminationCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareFeb 06 2024
HEMSCardiac Arrest - Post-Cardiac Arrest CareFeb 05 2024
Telestroke consultStroke-CVA-TIA - Stroke-CVA-TIAFeb 05 2024
Mechanical Intraosseous InsertionPerinatal Care - Neonatal Resuscitation Dec 29 2023
RIC (remote ischemic conditioning)Stroke-CVA-TIA - Stroke-CVA-TIADec 11 2023
RIC (remote ischemic conditioning)Cardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareDec 11 2023
Normal salineCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareDec 10 2023
Balanced crystalloidsCardiac Arrest - General Cardiac Arrest CareDec 10 2023
IV SteroidsRespiratory Distress (SOB) - COPDDec 10 2023
Field Restraint DevicesPediatric Psychiatric - AgitatedDec 10 2023
Balanced crystalloidsTrauma - General Major Trauma CareDec 10 2023
Normal salineTrauma - General Major Trauma CareDec 10 2023
iGelPediatric Advanced Airway Management - Airway Management (Non-intubation)Dec 09 2023
Non-TransportTreat and Release/Refer - Non-Transport/Alternative PathwaysDec 03 2023
Alternative PathwaysTreat and Release/Refer - Non-Transport/Alternative PathwaysDec 03 2023
Restricted CrystalloidsPediatric Trauma (ABCs/Major) - Pediatric General Trauma CareOct 31 2023
Aggressive CrystalloidsPediatric Trauma (ABCs/Major) - Pediatric General Trauma CareOct 31 2023
Medical clearance in the fieldPediatric Psychiatric - Mental Health CrisisJul 18 2023
BenzodiazepinesPediatric Psychiatric - AgitatedJul 18 2023
AntipsychoticsPediatric Psychiatric - AgitatedJul 18 2023
KetaminePediatric Psychiatric - AgitatedJul 18 2023