Journal Paramedic Practice (JPP)

Clinical exam: an introduction

The articles are intended to support clinician development and to assist in the overall assessment of patient presentations. The information should be used to support consideration of differential...

Prehospital use of supplemental oxygen therapy in the non-hypoxic patient

After completing this module the paramedic will be able to:.

Road resilience: adaptive education for emerging challenges

The efficacy of any professional training programme depends on educators being able to prepare students for the future. Paramedicine in 2030 will not be the role students sign up for today...

Student paramedics' views on placements in general practice as part of a degree

What are student paramedics' views on the importance of including a placement within general practice as part of their degree on their learning and development as an autonomous paramedic?.

Application of pelvic binders by student paramedics: an observational cohort study

Purposeful convenience sampling was used to recruit student paramedics at the College of Paramedics' UK National Student Conference and one UK higher education institution between November 2018 and...

A human rights perspective on the use of social media by the ambulance services

‘Everyone has the right to freedom of expression. This right shall include freedom to hold opinions and to receive and impart information and ideas without interference by public authority and...

A pilot of the Paramedic Advanced Resuscitation of Children (PARC) course

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) recently produced the fourth edition of its Facing the Future publication, which sets standards for the provision of emergency care to...

Effect of placental transfusion on neonatal resuscitation attempts

The research question was developed using PICO (Table 1). As many reviews have already found them to be equally effective, DCC and UCM were used together to consider both strategies for placental...

Maximising intraosseous flow rates: an in-vitro study

Three different methods of administration were examined: Fluid-giving set directly placed upon IO needle hub (direct-to-hub: DTH) (Figure 1)Fluid-giving set connected to the EZ-IO device extension...

Taking a holistic approach to acute mental health crisis

A literature search was carried out using CINAHL, MEDLINE and PsycINFO databases, using key words: ‘ambulance’; ‘paramedic’; ‘pre hospital’; ‘emergency’ and ‘mental health’; ‘mental illness’; ‘mental...

Clinical decision making and the challenges of responding to mental health needs

Qualitative methodology was employed to explore the views and experiences of paramedic students undertaking a diploma in higher education to become a qualified paramedic. This approach supports...

Salutogenesis: the case for a holistic tool for paramedic assessment of wellness

Salutogenesis is an approach to conceptualising wellness that examines health as a continuum and considers a multifactorial approach to determining an individual's health status (University West...