Ewan Armitage

West Midlands Ambulance Service

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Paramedic attitudes towards DNACPR orders

A systematic review of published literature was performed in November 2016, using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses convention (Moher et al, 2009). Similar...

Medical Pharmacology at a Glance

The evolution of paramedicine in recent years has been mirrored by parallel developments in both formal education programmes and the accompanying published literature. No more so is this best...

Book Review

The evolution of paramedicine in recent years has been mirrored by parallel developments in both formal education programmes and the accompanying published literature. No more so is this best...

Physical Examination Procedures for Advanced Practitioners and Non-Medical Prescribers

Paramedics may be forgiven for having their attention drawn to the subheading of this book and find themselves stirred into a well-versed mantra on the benefits of prescribing for paramedics. But for...

Book Review

Paramedics may be forgiven for having their attention drawn to the subheading of this book and find themselves stirred into a well-versed mantra on the benefits of prescribing for paramedics. But for...

100 Cases in Acute Medicine

This book sees a return to the tried and tested format of case studies as a medium for learning, so is surely a safe ground for the authors and publisher alike?

Book Review

This book sees a return to the tried and tested format of case studies as a medium for learning, so is surely a safe ground for the authors and publisher alike?.

Emergency Care of Minor Trauma in Children

Representing one of the most challenging patient groups for paramedics, this pint-sized offering addresses minor trauma in children. The authors are all consultants in the field of emergency and...

Book Review

Representing one of the most challenging patient groups for paramedics, this pint-sized offering addresses minor trauma in children. The authors are all consultants in the field of emergency and...

Practical Leadership in Nursing and Health Care: A Multi-Professional Approach

Another contribution on leadership to the literary world, this time with an emphasis on the practical side of things and a multi-professional approach. This offering has its origins in New Zealand but...

Book Review

Another contribution on leadership to the literary world, this time with an emphasis on the practical side of things and a multi-professional approach. This offering has its origins in New Zealand but...

Book Review

I suspect that for the majority of paramedics, exposure to the world of endocrinology is limited to managing diabetic emergencies, specifically hypo- or hyperglycaemia. In the case of the latter, this...

UK Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines 2016 Pocket Book

I often spend my time reflecting on what publishers consider pocket-sized. Now this may seem a touch on the trivial side given the contemporary issues currently facing our profession. But consider, if...

Book Review

I often spend my time reflecting on what publishers consider pocket-sized. Now this may seem a touch on the trivial side given the contemporary issues currently facing our profession. But consider, if...

Health Care Professionalism at a Glance

It seems to be en vogue in the publishing world at present to offer up publications which, by design, are intended to provide the reader with the briefest of overviews of a given area of health care....