Of the total number of OHCA emergency calls attended by the LAS for 2018, 1444 were also attended by an APP. The numbers of patients who underwent FoCUS were similar to those who did not (744/1,444:...
In contrast to paramedic practice within primary care settings, advanced paramedics practising in emergency departments and in prehospital settings are more likely to encounter patients who require an...
The scope of practice of a paramedic in primary care will vary between employer, and depend to some extent on what the paramedic is used for. Speaking from experience, the author's practice is mostly...
The patient, a woman in her late 20s, suddenly collapsed at home without warning and was found to be unconscious and not breathing by her partner. Immediate basic life support was given via ambulance...
Many drugs exert their effect on the body via an action on cells. The net effect of this can be to:.
Absorption is the process a drug undergoes to enter the circulation. The most common route is the oral route, where drugs are ingested orally, and then absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract into...
To understand RVMI, it is necessary to look at the function of the right ventricle. According to Gupta et al (2013), the dominance of the coronary artery can be either right, left or balance. A study...
Pharmacology is a key component of undergraduate paramedic programmes. The HCPC (2014) and the College of Paramedics (CoP, 2019) curriculum guidance include pharmacology explicitly in standards and...
Both the College of Paramedics (CoP) (2018) and the Royal Pharmaceutical Society (RPS) (2016) are clear that, as non-medical prescribers, advanced paramedics are required to review and critically...
The objectives of this review are to: explore the potential value of intravenous ascorbic acid as a primary treatment for sepsis in the prehospital environment; and find out whether it can reduce...
The literature review was conducted using Google search and focused on paramedic practice and baby loss. The search included a focus on academic papers and books from across the social and medical...
Transient SVTs are known as paroxysmal SVTs (PSVTs). Table 1 outlines the commonly encountered regular and irregular narrow complex tachyarrhythmias. Atrial flutter can be either regular or irregular,...