RPAP Medical Information Service

Resources to help maintain and improve clinical skills

RPAP General Emergency Medicine Skills (GEMS)
Self-study multi-media training program for emergency skills.

RPAP Enrichment Program
Funding for rural physicians to upgrade their clinical skills

RPAP Emergency Medicine Enrichment
A program to assist rural physicians to upgrade their emergency medicine skills

Manual of Rural Practice
Manual of clinical procedures in rural practice; based on articles in the Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine.

Cardiovascular & Respiratory
Airway Management (CJRM 4-1, Winter 1999)
Arterial Line – Part 1 (CJRM 2-2, Spring 1997)
Arterial Line – Part 2 (CJRM 2-3, Summer 1997)
Cardioversion (CJRM 8-1, Winter 2003)
Central Vein Catheter (CJRM 2-4, Fall 1997)
Chest Tube (CJRM 4-3, June 1996)
Chest X-ray (CJRM 9-3, Summer 2004) (not in manual)
Cricothyrotomy (CJRM 4-3, Summer 1999)
Intubation – Emergency (CJRM 4-2, Spring 1999)
Laryngeal Mask Airway (CJRM 6-4, Fall 2001)
Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC) (CJRM 5-2, Spring 2000)
Stress Test (CJRM 8-2, Spring 2003)

Nervous System
Burr Hole (CJRM 3-4, Fall 1998)
Intrathecal Narcotics For Labour Analgesia (CJRM 5-4, Fall 2000)
Intrathecal Narcotics Administration Procedure (CJRM 5-4, Fall 2000)
Lumbar Puncture (CJRM 7-3, Summer 2002)

Integument
Beir Block (Intravenous Regional Anaesthesia) (CJRM 4-4, Fall 1999) (not in manual)
Breast Cyst Aspiration (CJRM 11-4, Fall 2006)
Carpal Tunnel Injection (CJRM 12-3, Summer 2007)
Extensor Tendon Laceration Repair (CJRM 11-2, Spring 2006)
Facial Laceration (in manual, but not in journal)
Fishhook Removal (CJRM 10-4, Fall 2005)
Ingrown Toenail (CJRM 10-3, Summer 2005)
Paracentesis (CJRM 2-1, Winter 1997)
Skin Graft (CJRM 4-4, October 1996)
Unna Boot (Varicose Ulcer) (CJRM 3-3, Summer 1998)
V-Y Flap (CJRM 6-3, Summer 2001)
Wrist Ganglion (CJRM 11-1, Winter 2006)
Z-plasty (CJRM 3-2, Spring 1998)

Musculo-Skeletal
Cervical Spine X-ray (CJRM 9-1, Winter 2004)
Colles Fracture (CJRM 3-1, Winter 1998)
Knee Aspiration or Injection (CJRM 9-2, Spring 2004)
Shoulder Reduction (CJRM 12-2, Spring 2007)
Short Arm Cast (CJRM 5-3, Summer 2000)
Scaphoid Cast (CJRM 8-4, Fall 2003)
Short Leg Cast (CJRM 6-1, Winter 2001)
Stovepipe Cast (CJRM 8-3, Summer 2003)

Genito-Urinary
Suprapubic Catheter (CJRM 5-1, Winter 2000)
Testicular Torsion (in manual, but not in journal)

Ophthalmology
Slit Lamp Examination (CJRM 7-2, Spring 2002) (not in manual)

Obstetrics & Gynecology
Breech Delivery (CJRM 10-1 Winter 2005)
Shoulder Dystocia (CJRM 12-1, Winter 2007)
Umbilical Vein Catheterization (CJRM 7-4, Fall 2002)

Other
Diving Accident (CJRM 7-1, Winter 2002) (not in manual)
Palliative Care Patient (CJRM 9-4, Fall 2004) (not in manual)