Paramedics traditionally operate in high-risk and often unpredictable environments, dealing with a range of illnesses and injuries from the critically ill, to those patients with low acuity, yet often...
The biopsychosocial model is a term to describe the combination of three important factors that heavily influence the lives of patients suffering a disease or illness:.
The MIME technology consisted of two key components: i) lightweight medical sensors that were simple to apply and operate (see Figure 1), and ii) novel software that presented these data very simply,...
The prevalence of adrenal insufficiency in the UK is 110 to 120 per million and rising (Simmons–Holcomb, 2006). Chakera and Vaidya (2009) observe that Addison's disease has an incidence of 4.7–6.2 per...
Over the years there has been growing interest in the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool to enhance paramedic practice when managing patients with a variety of clinical presentations..
‘The College of Paramedics believes that good practice in social media is no different from that in any other form of communication’ .
As the communications requirements of the emergency care sector evolve, we continue our commitment to our customers by investing heavily in new ways to support paramedics in the field, through the use...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines diabetes as a:.
The use of reflective models is well established as an essential element in the academic education of student paramedics, acting as a means of linking theory to experiences gained during placements....
A literature review was performed using the following databases: CINAHL, Medline and Pubmed. The search terms used were ‘prehospital’, ‘paramedic’, ‘emergency medical service’, ‘cervical spine’,...
Despite their wide use throughout the UK, air ambulances remain a scarce resource but, as yet, there is no consensus on the best method to identify when they should be dispatched, especially in...