The CRS in Northamptonshire comprises a range of health and social care professionals within partner organisations providing a variety of clinical, health and social care assessments and...
This pilot study focused on a single cohort of full time two-year diploma-qualified paramedics in the initial months post-qualification. Ethical approval was obtained for the project from the...
Decision making is a cognitive process, and no matter which model is adopted, the judgement is almost always based on sound reasoning: that is, it is rational. One approach to decision making is rule...
In 1987 the use of clingfilm gained early research exposure by Wilson and French. In their abstract they state:.
We report the case of a 38-year-old male who was working on an industrial site loading 2-tonne paper rolls into the container of a heavy goods vehicle (HGV). When one of the paper rolls slipped off...
Firstly, it is important to consider why particular decisions are made, whether diagnoses are correct and what assumptions are made about the patient. It is pertinent to reflect on whether there were...
Chronic disease is defined as a long-lasting condition that can be controlled, but not cured (Salzman et al, 2012). Interestingly, over half of the US population lives with a least one chronic...
‘An unplanned life-threatening event in which there is a mismatch between the ambient level of resources and those that a patient needs to regain stability.’ .
999 activity increased by 6.9% last year (Anderson, 2013) with incidents resulting in an ambulance service clinician attending scene increasing by 4% (Anderson, 2013) and patients discharged on scene...
Cannulation is the main barrier to the administration of opioid analgesia, and this has been shown to be a problem in the young, the elderly, the shocked patient and the cognitively impaired. Studies...
To establish a structure to improve the development of essential non-practical skills..
Evaluation is a statement which appraises or adds value to something (Simpson et al, 1986). Evaluation is regularly paired with assessment which encompasses benchmarking and ranking; however, there...