The Regional Paramedic Program for Eastern Ontario (RPPEO) is on a mission to enhance what happens after you dial 911. Here are three new ways this team is helping paramedics deliver better, safer care to their patients.

Would you know what to do if you saw someone experience a stroke, heart attack or opioid overdose? We’ve launched a series of easy-to-follow videos on YouTube that walk you through how to respond to common first aid emergencies.

Swapping patients for manikins, our Simulation Patient Safety Program recreates medical emergencies right in our hospital, allowing our care teams to “crash test” their responses to cardiac arrests, respiratory failures, mass casualty events and more. Dive into this Q&A for a closer look at how this training program enhances patient safety and quality of care.

At The Ottawa Hospital, we strive to lead in sustainable health care — something we can only achieve with the help of our frontline staff. Geriatric medicine nurses Caiti and Sabrina rallied their unit together to optimize recycling and divert waste from the landfill. Find out how they binned it to win it (And we can’t promise you that that’s the last recycling pun in this article!).

With just a few simple fixes and replacements, our facilities team has massively reduced the carbon footprint at the Riverside Campus — the equivalent of taking 229 cars off the road for a year. So, what’s the team’s secret green sauce? Read this article to find out…

Looking for health information online can lead you down a rabbit hole of misinformation. That’s why we’ve launched a series of videos with YouTube Health. Presented in both English and French by experts from across The Ottawa Hospital, these videos cover everything you need to know about an array of common medical conditions.