Kim Kirby

paramedic for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

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Pre-hospital lactate testing in the recognition and management of sepsis and septic shock

A small ambulance station within South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust (SWAST) was purposively selected to participate in the study based on its size, location, usual patient numbers...

The new Red 1 ambulance response time definition: evaluating clinical impact

The aim of the evaluation was to assess whether the new Red 1 definition had an impact on the patients that receive a Red 1 response..

The impact of working shifts: exploring the views of UK paramedics

The ontological influence on the research design was relativist in nature, whereby reality is believed to be constructed through meanings and understandings developed socially and experientially...

Pre-hospital lactate testing in the identification of patients with sepsis: a review of the literature

In patients presenting with sepsis, severe sepsis and septic shock, could lactate testing assist with pre-hospital identification?.