Little is known about paramedics who have left the ambulance service to work in specialist or advanced roles within emergency departments (EDs). This qualitative study explored the lived experiences...
The articles in this series, which can be torn out for use in practice, are intended to support clinician development and to assist in the overall assessment of patient presentations. The...
After completing this module, the paramedic will be able to:.
‘in which autonomous patients are choosers who act intentionally, with understanding, and without controlling influences that determine their actions’. .
This study aimed to evaluate a teaching tool, established in other disciplines, for developing students' clinical reasoning skills.
As a result of critical world events, understanding emotions in the workplace has become more important and, since these events, our approach to emotional regulation and critical reflection has...
A prospective, cross-sectional comparative study was undertaken in two geographically separate ambulance services in the NWAS. Members of this ambulance service had completed the online education...
Non-ambulance placements are becoming increasingly important in pre-registration paramedic courses but do they meet the needs of the student? This study undertook semi-structured interviews with 33...
The articles in this series, which can be torn out for use in practice, are intended to support clinician development and to assist in the overall assessment of patient presentations. The information...
After completing this module, the paramedic will be able to:.
Symptoms of COVID-19 were initially described as being flu-like, with a persistent cough and shortness of breath as leading features. A loss of smell or taste has also since been identified as a...
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...