David Fitzpatrick

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Pre-hospital technology research: reflecting on a collaborative project between ambulance service and academia

The MIME technology consisted of two key components: i) lightweight medical sensors that were simple to apply and operate (see Figure 1), and ii) novel software that presented these data very simply,...

An insight into the demands and stressors experienced by Community First Responders

An online survey to measure the demands and stressors experienced during a typical and high-stress callout was distributed via e-mail to Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) CFRs (n=535). The covering...

Preventing prehospital hyperoxygenation during acute exacerbation of COPD

COPD, most often caused by smoking (NCGC, 2010; World Health Organization (WHO), 2011), has a complex pathology. The disease results in either hypertrophy of the mucus-secreting glands of the...