evidence

A review of the challenges and solutions during paramedic endotracheal intubation

‘…paramedics within King County achieved ETI success rates comparable with other highperforming EMS systems and emergency physicians’.

RCSEd Consensus Documents: improving the evidence base for pre-hospital practice

In the pre-hospital context the response teams are doing all they can to save lives. A terrifying ordeal or horrific accident comes without warning at any time of the day or night. With lives at risk,...

Clinical forum: automated chest compression devices

What are the ‘hands-on’ issues that you are aware of in clinical practice and what possible improvements might help from a paramedic's perspective?.

Clinical Practice Guideline Update—Birth Imminent: Normal Delivery and Delivery Complications

For details of the methodology used in the development of this guideline refer to the guideline webpage..

Automated external defibrillation: implications for paramedic practice

‘The majority of sudden cardiac deaths are of ischaemic aetiology secondary to atherosclerotic coronary artery disease and affect the older section (35 years) of the population. In a significant...

Appropriate morphine administration by paramedics: a review of the literature

Full text online and English articles accessible through EBSCO, Medline, CINAHL and PubMed between 1997 and 2013 were included in the overall review of the literature..

A study into pre-alerts to North East hospitals for sepsis

The authors explored a number of options for collecting data on the incidence of pre-hospital sepsis within their area. In the Electronic Patient Report Form (EPRF) used in NEAS there is no category...