The physically strenuous nature of a paramedic's job calls for high levels of physical fitness in order to maintain their ability to work, and to stay healthy. Sterud et al (2006) conducted a...
A dedicated stroke training course for paramedics was developed by a multidisciplinary working party, comprising healthcare professionals (from stroke clinician backgrounds) and educationalists, to...
Each year approximately 6,000 new cases of HIV are diagnosed within the United Kingdom, adding to over 100,000 people who are known to be living with HIV (Skingsley et al, 2015; Terrence Higgins...
After taking it to the wider team, we could see where it linked to each area of practice we were teaching and set about embedding it into all of our practice placements and linking it to our teaching...
There are two types of febrile convulsions:.
What is CP? Put simply, it could be considered an expansion or realignment in the focus of EMS. An effective graphic representation of this change was included in the 2013 CP briefing for the EMS on...
In a series of cases, the English courts have recognised the legal effect at common law of advance statements. In the case of validity of an advance refusal of life-saving treatment, the courts will...
The HMR defines who can buy and possess medicines, and this is summarised in Appendix 1. There is an exemption for the purchase of general sales medicines; however, the supply chain for these...
