Emergency care practitioner for South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust.
Prior to the introduction of the MCA, emergency medical treatment given to an incapacitated adult was done using the doctrine of necessity. The doctrine of necessity is a concept in common law—this...
The discussion that follows is concerned only with consent as it relates to a competent adult patient receiving treatment in England. Patients who lack capacity, are under 18 years of age, or...
These tables illustrate that whether paramedic or ECP, the average work load and patient demographics are relatively similar..
The data presented here is an audit of 4 679 consecutive emergency calls attended by a single ECP between November 2007 and November 2013. The data was collected in a large urban environment, a town...