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...
On this occasion, deaths (all-cause mortality) are used as an indicator of end-of-life related demand. Each additional death seems to be associated with around 10 additional medical admissions...
Without doubt, NQPs lack experience. However, this does not preclude the fact that an NQP is still a registered paramedic, and must act in accordance with the paramedic standards of proficiency...
‘Successful community paramedic programmes feature three common elements.’ .
Prior to the 1980s, clinical judgement played a large part in decision-making (Hampton, 2011; Hampton, 1983), by in large leaving research the role of informing education, rather than practice. The...
As a natural consequence of increased demand for clinical excellence and improved outcomes for patients, there is a related increase in demand for sound academic foundations for pre-hospital...
This guideline, which in part replaces content and the format of the recently disfavoured Liverpool Care Pathway, aims to improve EoLC for people in their last days of life, where paramedics are...
‘It is the sheer magnitude of these events which is driving growth rather than the underlying background growth due to demographic change, and slow incremental increase in the use of emergency...
‘There has been a stream of initiatives produced to generate public awareness regarding rights and entitlements associated with the NHS’ .
According to SA Health (2015b), challenging behaviour with the potential to physically or psychologically harm another person can occur anywhere but tends to take place more commonly in cases where...
The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) is a regulatory body set up with the key aim of protecting the public. In order for them to do this they maintain a register of health and care...
