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Little is known about paramedics who have left the ambulance service to work in specialist or advanced roles within emergency departments (EDs). This qualitative study explored the lived experiences...

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Non-ambulance placements are becoming increasingly important in pre-registration paramedic courses but do they meet the needs of the student? This study undertook semi-structured interviews with 33...

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This Australian study used a narrative inquiry methodology to explore experiences of women who give birth while in the care of paramedics. Themes from this study surrounded communication, consent,...

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COVID-19 is a novel pathogen that can cause severe pneumonia and acute respiratory distress syndrome which can lead to multi-organ failure/death. This retrospective Chinese study looked at the...

Critical care paramedics: who's doing what?

‘It is refreshing to see a more balanced, less adversarial and critical appraisal of some of the issues in pre-hospital trauma care’ .

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As this paper intimates, patterns of recreational drug use are changing; while the vast majority of UK drug deaths are still related to opioids (European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug...