Although intervention to reduce excessive drinking might usually be seen as the remit of other health professionals, particularly general practitioners (GPs), the modern paramedic has options for...
‘Therapeutic hypothermia (TH) improves survival and confers neuroprotection in out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA).’.
With the publication of the 2010 European Resuscitation Council Guidelines (Nolan et al, 2010) late last year, the use of therapeutic hypothermia was recommended for the first time as part of the...
‘I am a paramedic working for an emergency ambulance service. I have been working as a paramedic as my full time occupation for more than ten years and I still love my job. Sure, there are things I do...
‘It is 23 hours into a shift and you are dispatched to a call for an 80–year–old lady with altered consciousness. Upon arrival you find that the vitals are normal, but the presentation isn’t. You...
‘I was born to humble beginnings, the son of a poor sharecropper…… no, wait. That's wrong. Too clichéd, perhaps? My father was actually a television repairman, and my mother was a nurse. To my...