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Spotlight on Research

As reports of violence against ambulance staff are increasing, this study is interesting. The researchers conducted a simulation-based study to evaluate the responses of emergency medical service...

Falls in older people

After completing this module, the paramedic will be able to: .

Reaching underserved people during the pandemic

Between May 2020 and April 2021, the regional AHEC in the northwest portion of Indiana partnered with a local community integrated health service organisation to expand access to COVID-19 antibody...

‘Giving a piece of you’: the lecturer experience of aiding student wellbeing

This study aimed to highlight the experiences of paramedic senior lecturers and their perceptions towards the wellbeing of student paramedics and to explore difficulties around supporting students..

The efficacy of the HEART score in prehospital settings

Following a scoping search, formulation of the inclusion/exclusion criteria began. The PICOS (population, intervention, comparator, outcome and study design) framework was used to aid this process...

Spotlight on Research

Time to treatment is an important factor in the management of patients with traumatic haemorrhage, but the common perception that blood may be superior to saline in the prehospital setting is yet to...

Prognostic value of lactate in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study

A single-centre, prospective cohort study was conducted by North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust between 17 February 2020 and 31 March 2021..

Air ambulance outcomes of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest seen in the pandemic

Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA) provides prehospital enhanced and critical care to patients in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire between 07:00 and 02:00, 365 days a year....

Use of specialist paramedic dispatch in emergency ambulance control

The aim of this study was to highlight the key differences between the triage and dispatch processes of specialist resources, to establish if the findings support the use of one model over another to...

Predicting conveyance to the emergency department for older adults who fall

North West–Greater Manchester North West Research Ethics Committee (18/NW/0763) and the Health Research Authority provided ethics approval for this study..

Spotlight on Research

Chest pain is a frequent reason for contact with the emergency medical services (EMS). However, it has multiple aetiologies and only a small number of patients are having a myocardial infarction (MI)....