Niamh Collins

Ireland

Prehospital sepsis care in Ireland: an audit

All PCRs from patients assessed by DFB prehospital practitioners in the week starting 27 March 2017 were manually examined by an independent researcher to identify patients with potential sepsis or...

First evaluation of CPD advanced paramedic teaching methods in Ireland

Completed questionnaires were coded numerically and inputted to statistical packages for the Social Sciences (SPSS™ version 14.0) for analysis. Qualitative data, specifically free text comments, were...

Scenario-based electronic learning: a viable educational method

The establishment of the Prehospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) in Ireland (S.I. No. 109/2000), with statutory responsibility to protect the public, represented a significant step forward in...