Samuel McCreesh

School of Nursing and Midwifery, University of Brighton

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Non-invasive ventilation as a prehospital intervention for acute COPD exacerbation

The clinical forms of COPD are chronic bronchitis and emphysema, although guidelines discourage differentiation between the two forms when making a diagnosis (NICE, 2010). Chronic bronchitis is...

Reducing the risk of postpartum haemorrhage in paramedic practice

The World Health Organization (WHO) defnes postpartum haemorrhage as ‘a [blood] loss of 500 ml or more from the genital tract after delivery’ (WHO, 2008). However, the RCOG (2009) suggests most...