Neil Smith

West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust.

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Can the Clinical Frailty Scale predict futility in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

The primary aims of this rapid review of the literature are to determine: whether the CFS could be used in the prognostication of cardiac arrest; and, secondarily, whether the tool could be adapted...

A comparison of biphasic manual and semi-automatic external defibrillation

This systematic review aims to conclude whether MD or SAED (control or intervention) is the superior strategy for paramedics in TTFD outcomes. The review identified quantitative comparison...

Lateral versus over-the-head chest compression quality in student paramedic

The aim of this study was to determine if chest compressions performed from a lateral position are more effective than chest compressions performed from an over-the-head position in a cohort of UK...

Application of pelvic binders by student paramedics: an observational cohort study

Purposeful convenience sampling was used to recruit student paramedics at the College of Paramedics' UK National Student Conference and one UK higher education institution between November 2018 and...

Management of the ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm: challenges facing paramedics

The triad of acute abdominal pain coupled with a pulsatile abdominal mass and indications of shock are the cardinal signs of a ruptured AAA (Gilbert et al, 2006). However, such cardinal signs might...