The Allied Health Professions (AHP) Medicines Project is a joint initiative by NHS England and the Department of Health to extend prescribing, supply and administration of medicines to Allied Health...
The control of compressible catastrophic haemorrhage prior to airway, breathing and circulation (CABCDE) is not a new approach, being advocated for civilian use by Hodgetts et al in 2006, and...
Rapid sequence intubation/induction (RSI) is an advanced procedure not currently advocated for UK paramedic practice although some paramedics attached to Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS)...
‘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...
‘…paramedics within King County achieved ETI success rates comparable with other highperforming EMS systems and emergency physicians’.
The paper describes a surveillance study conducted by poisons specialists working at the four National Poisons Information Service (NPIS) centres covering the UK. The service since 2005 has...
Before reviewing the available technology, it is worth briefly outlining the history of technology in medicine, referred to as ‘telemedicine’. Utilising technology for health care is actually an old...
Recently, paramedic advanced airway interventions (AAI) in cardiac arrest have come under increased scrutiny, and supraglottic devices are becoming a more common choice over intubation where...
Individuals are required to complete a programme of military and medical training prior to deployment to enhance individual and team skills necessary in the MERT role. Once individuals have conducted...
A 55-year-old man lost control and was ejected from his motorcycle at approximately 60 miles per hour on a country road. The patient was wearing a helmet and full protective clothing. When the first...
Although intervention to reduce excessive drinking might usually be seen as the remit of other health professionals, particularly general practitioners (GPs), the modern paramedic has options for...