Journal Paramedic Practice (JPP)

Therapeutic hypothermia in cardiac arrest

It is important to understand how the body is affected at the time of cardiac arrest and during the reperfusion that occurs following successful resuscitation. While achieving a ROSC in OHCA is not a...

Heavy workload during the 2016/17 winter was entirely predictable

For something which does not officially exist, the ability to kill seemingly large numbers of persons is concerning, as is the complete lack of public health measures. For whatever reason, Whitehall...

‘Secondary spine injury’: how language affects future research and treatment

Early studies on the management of spinal trauma paid close attention to how they defined secondary injury. In a case series from 1966, Geisler et al aimed specifically to determine the frequency of...

Crisis resource management in relation to empowering people to speak up in emergency medical service clinical practice settings

The population of Qatar is in excess of 2.42 million (76.2% male versus 23.8% female) (MDPS, 2016). Almost 90% of the country's population comprises expatriate workers. The country's most populous...

The new Red 1 ambulance response time definition: evaluating clinical impact

The aim of the evaluation was to assess whether the new Red 1 definition had an impact on the patients that receive a Red 1 response..

Paramedics and their role in end-of-life care: perceptions and confidence

An anonymous electronic survey was distributed by Survey Monkey® offering a pragmatic approach as the participants were based across a large geographical area. This also provided a degree of...

Informed consent in paramedic practice

The discussion that follows is concerned only with consent as it relates to a competent adult patient receiving treatment in England. Patients who lack capacity, are under 18 years of age, or...

Continuing Professional Development: Cardiogenic Shock

After completing this module the paramedic will be:.

Frank's Sign as a clinical marker of cardiovascular disease

A diagonal earlobe crease (DELC) or Frank's Sign, has been linked with ischaemic heart disease since it was first described in 1973 by Dr. Sanders Frank (Frank, 1973). A classification system has...