The standards of proficiency are designed in such a way that they include all the generic and profession-specific elements required by registrants. There are 15 standards of proficiency for paramedics...
‘The correct use of the title is important for a number of reasons, most importantly for the public who use the services of a paramedic who is registered and regulated by a professional regulatory...
Every year various themes are chosen, the theme for the 2011 to 2015 period is Getting to Zero: Zero New HIV Infections, Zero Discrimination and Zero AIDS-related deaths..
‘There has been a stream of initiatives produced to generate public awareness regarding rights and entitlements associated with the NHS’ .
‘The volunteering of all relevant information to persons who have or may have been harmed by the provision of services, whether or not the information has been requested and whether or not a...
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is a regulatory body set up with the key aim of protecting the public. In order for them to do this they maintain a register of health and care...
‘It is essential that the profession is led by paramedics, for the benefit of those who are the recipients of paramedic-delivered care: the public’ .
‘Safe paramedic care requires that there are sufficient paramedics available to meet patient demand’ .
‘As with any election there will always be changes afoot, usually in the form of policy change’ .
As a group of autonomous practitioners, AHPs work with a number of other professionals and also at many points along the care pathway. The report acknowledges that paramedics and other AHPs provide an...
‘Be more than a paramedic. Be a London paramedic. London. No ordinary challenge. Become a paramedic in the world's busiest paramedic service and you'll receive diagnostic training and make clinical...
Oxygen transportation occurs when there is a diffusion of gases that move from higher concentrations to lower concentrations. The oxygen content of blood is bound to haemoglobin and is dissolved in...
