Dr. Russell MacDonald, the Medical Director for Toronto Paramedic Services and Toronto’s Central Ambulance Communications Centre, discusses what a communication center medical director is and how their role affects your work. 

For Your Information: 
Toronto Paramedic Services – social media sites: 
https://www.youtube.com/@TorontoMedics 
https://www.facebook.com/TorontoMedics/ 
https://x.com/torontomedics 
https://www.instagram.com/torontomedicsofficial/ 

Emergency Care in the Streets (Canadian edition): 
https://www.psglearning.com/catalog/productdetails/9781284196641  

A link to some of Dr. MacDonald’s publications and related activities: 
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Russell-MacDonald

The Role of a Comm. Center M.D. with Dr. Russell MacDonald

Isabel Gardett talks with Brett Patterson, the chair of the Medical Council of Standards for the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch. They discuss the why and how of getting involved with research, what it means that a dispatch system is “evidence-based,” and how to enact change to protocols using research.

For Your Information:
Sepsis (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepsis)

ABCs (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABC_(medicine))

AHA (http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/)

Hypoxic seizure (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_hypoxia)

W. Edwards Deming, Some Theory of Sampling (https://www.amazon.com/Theory-Sampling-William-Edwards-Deming/dp/048664684X/ref=sr_1_4?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1505500418&sr=1-4&refinements=p_lbr_one_browse-bin%3AW.+Edwards+Deming)

W. Edwards Deming, Quality, Productivity, and Competitive Position (https://www.amazon.com/Quality-Productivity-Competitive-Position-Edwards/dp/0911379002/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8)

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