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Documentation: are we writing it right?

‘The quality of your record-keeping is also a reflection of the standard of your professional practice. Good record-keeping is a mark of a skilled and safe practitioner, while careless or...

An insight into the demands and stressors experienced by Community First Responders

An online survey to measure the demands and stressors experienced during a typical and high-stress callout was distributed via e-mail to Scottish Ambulance Service (SAS) CFRs (n=535). The covering...

Strategic Plan 2014: a five-year strategy for the College of Paramedics

‘The College of Paramedics’ Governing Council and Executive team have been working with Professor Barry Hunt to establish a strategy document that will lead the College's activities and effort...

Minimal patient handling: a Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care consensus statement

Spinal immobilisation is a common intervention for the pre-hospital patient following trauma. Most commonly the patient is log-rolled on to a rigid long spinal board. Once on the long spinal board,...

Answering that frequently asked question

‘Why should I join my professional body when I'm already paying a subscription to the HCPC and to the Union?’.

Is interprofessional teaching enhanced through peer-assisted learning?

‘Participants in this study clearly articulated benefits of inter-professional peer-assisted learning’.

Research developments within the Allied Health Professions Research Network (AHPRN)

‘The AHPRN is a development of the National Physiotherapy Research Network which was developed in 2004, and officially launched in 2005 following a call for proposals from the (CSP) for a research...

Violence in the workplace: implementing the Instant Aggression Model

‘There were 87.5% of paramedics exposed to workplace violence. Verbal abuse was the most prevalent form of workplace violence (82%), with intimidation (55%), physical abuse (38%), sexual harassment...

Looking at the information resources available for paramedic practice

The NHS invests in library and information services and electronic resources to support clinical practitioners in developing and delivering evidence-based services. This definition of evidence-based...