Journal Paramedic Practice (JPP)

Paramedic attitudes towards DNACPR orders

A systematic review of published literature was performed in November 2016, using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses convention (Moher et al, 2009). Similar...

Continuing Professional Development: Considering infections of the heart

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

NICE: Advanced paramedics to ease pressures on A&E?

In order to make these recommendations, the guideline committee investigated whether enhancing the competencies of paramedics resulted in a reduction in hospital admissions and demand for emergency...

A day in the life of a paramedic advanced clinical practitioner in primary care

The paramedic profession has formally existed in the UK for less than two decades (Newton 2011). Historically, the role of the paramedic has been two-fold (Paranjape 2017):.

Paramedic management of out-of-hospital postpartum haemorrhage with TXA

The RCOG (2009) recognises that PPH is the leading cause of obstetric haemorrhage and suggested that the incidence of PPH is rising in the UK. Sentilhes et al. (2015a) outlines that PPH, of either...

TXA for HEMS patients with suspected haemorrhage

A service evaluation was performed with analysis of patient outcome by the review of patient report forms (PRFs). Patients who received pre-hospital TXA were identified and further analysis of their...

Reduction of a finger in the out-of-hospital arena?

Kovacs and Croskerry (1999) point out that clinicians use a variety and range of clinical decision-making approaches. These are dependent largely on the unique characteristics of individual clinical...

Durham and Cleveland police firearms unit tactical team medics: lessons from the first six years

Training in this curriculum is provided by military and civilian doctors and paramedics along with the forces own training team. Importantly, whilst the main aim of the course was to provide emergency...

Should oral steroids be routinely supplied to prevent asthmatic relapse?

A specialist paramedic was called to attend a local police station where a 32 year old police officer was experiencing a ‘tight and wheezy chest’. Three hours earlier he had apprehended a criminal...

Ocular management for CS gas exposure: exploring treatment in the pre-hospital setting

The use of tear gas as a Riot Control Agent (RCA) by law enforcement agencies has dramatically increased in recent years and is used worldwide to control riots, protests and civil unrest (Rothenburg...