A mobile reference for the BCAS Treatment Guidelines

• Introduction
• Adult Guidelines
• Pediatric Guidelines
• Drug Monographs

• Latest Updates

• Drug (Atropine) Added

  Jan 31 2013, 13:47

  Atropine dose updated to 0.6 mg from 0.5 mg

• Condition (Adult) "Thermal Burns" edited

  Oct 21 2012, 10:59

  Total Body Surface Area burn % estimation - Switch from "Rule of Nines" to "Lund and Browder" chart. BCAS paramedics to refer to master treatment guideline located on the BCAS Intranet site.

• Category (Adult) "Cardiac Arrest Management" edited

  Oct 21 2012, 10:34

  Update to the 15 and 30 minute physician consultation. Consultation regarding confirmation of no hospital based treatable cause and 30 minute termination of resuscitation may be combined into one call. Termination of resuscitation not to occur until 30 minutes of CPR completed.

• Condition (Adult) "Hypo/Hyperglycaemia" edited

  Oct 21 2012, 10:20

  Recommendation to repeat capillary blood glucose following intervention to guage the patients blood glucose level following therapy

• Condition (Adult) "Thermal Burns" edited

  Oct 21 2012, 10:16

  Burn cooling duration amended to 1-2 minutes followed by clean dry dressings.

• Condition (Adult) "Traumatic Brain Injury" edited

  Oct 21 2012, 10:00

  Fluid Resuscitation - Target blood pressure amended to reflect 110-120 mmHg systolic

• Condition (Adult) "Trauma Management" edited

  Oct 21 2012, 09:55

  Fluid Resuscitation - target blood pressure amended from 90 systolic to target perfusion = return of peripheral pulses