Paramedics have provided advanced pre-hospital emergency medical care in the US since the early 1970s (National Highway Safety Traffic Administration (NHTSA), 2007; Edgerly, 2013). According to the...
The developments that were envisaged by the Department of Health's (2000) healthcare reform plan have placed a wider scope of professional practice on many healthcare workers and have allowed for...
Details of the medications reviewed in this article can be found in Box 1..
The second contribution to Spotlight on Research this month includes a summary of a research study which received one of the College of Paramedics' small grants for research: ‘A pilot study into the...
As part of their job, ambulance workers perform many tasks that expose them to musculoskeletal risks, including adopting awkward postures (Doormaal et al, 1995; Ferreira and Hignett, 2005); moving...
An internet-based survey entitled the National Ambulance Service Airway Management Audit was created using the Bristol University Online Survey Tool (University of Bristol; www.survey.bris.ac.uk). The...
Essentially the KED is a flexible mini back board that, when in position on the casualty, extends from their lower back to above their head. It also extends laterally to encompass the flanks and head,...
Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH) is the main cause of nearly 25% of maternal deaths worldwide (World Health Organization, 2012). The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) categorise PPH...
‘It is essential that the profession is led by paramedics, for the benefit of those who are the recipients of paramedic-delivered care: the public’ .
The Review of Prescribing, Supply and Administration of Medicines (Department of Health (DH), 1999), chaired by Dr June Crown, proposed that prescribing rights should be extended to a range of health...
