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The Blue Light Fight: making a stand for independent ambulance providers

‘For more than 30 years independent and voluntary ambulance service providers have used such exemptions based on need, not on which organisation happens to operate the vehicle’ .

Paramedic prescribing: a potion for success or a bitter pill to swallow?

Paramedics traditionally operate in high-risk and often unpredictable environments, dealing with a range of illnesses and injuries from the critically ill, to those patients with low acuity, yet often...

HART communications: current capability and future options

‘The four key areas for HART present different challenges and requirements with regards to information technology’ .

Developing understanding and awareness of children's distress, distraction techniques and holding

Clinical procedures such as blood glucose measurement, administration of medicines and the application of dressings can cause children to experience upset, fear and anxiety, expressed through crying,...

The NHS oil tanker: heading towards a new horizon for urgent and emergency care

‘The reality is that the pressure our A&E departments and ambulance services are experiencing is absolutely not a sign of failing services, but that these services have become victims of their own...

Dwindling staff numbers leads to healthcare rationing at its lowest form

‘Safe paramedic care requires that there are sufficient paramedics available to meet patient demand’ .

Election fever and the football: a game of rhetoric

‘As with any election there will always be changes afoot, usually in the form of policy change’ .

“Trojan Ambulances”: an emerging threat

An ambulance vehicle with blue lights illuminated and with its siren sounding is generally permitted access to locations other traffic may be barred from, and using that access detonates at its...

Examining current trends and research in pre-hospital hypotensive resuscitation

Jackson and Nolan (2009) note that although the understanding of hypotensive resuscitation as described in the literature is clear, there are a number of discrepancies with regards to how much of...