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...
Evidence suggests that high amounts of oxygen administered to patients with COPD can lead to hypercapnia (high levels of arterial carbon dioxide), potentially resulting in respiratory acidosis (Perrin...
The introduction of the simulation-based training for all operational paramedics had a positive impact on the management of femur fractures. Post intervention, a total of 69 femur fractures were...
The aim of this study was to identify the frequency of incidents attended with a view to highlighting potential issues that may exist for paramedic practice. This aim has been achieved through the...
Needle decompression of the chest (also known as thoracocentesis or thoracentesis) is a manoeuvre to release abnormal air from the pleural space. Prehospital needle decompression is only indicated for...
The present literature search was conducted between January and March 2017 using the CINAHL, British Nursing Index (BNI), Medline, NHS Evidence and PubMed databases using the University of Brighton...
Paramedic and outdoor recreation students have similar imperatives to practise first response skills in austere environments. Undergraduate paramedic students—traditionally embedded in the health...
This article focuses on the physiological, emotional and behavioural response that is fear and considers how it impacts clinical practice. It may have some benefits; for example, the release of the...
In 2016–2017, there were 16 285 injury-related ambulance call-outs to 0–14 year-olds in the north west of England (20.6% of all call-outs to 0–14 year-olds). The majority were unintentional injuries...
One of the first questions raised when researching PHEA is: what is it best referred to as? The SOP produced by Pinnell and Pountney (2015), followed by the ambulance trust, is so titled, but refers...
With UK NHS ambulance trusts answering more than 10 million 999 calls in 2017, and the average ambulance vehicle travelling 50 000 miles per year (Lord Carter of Coles, 2018), several ambulance...
After completing this module, the paramedic will be able to: .