To investigate the influence of time on the predictive value of the post-ROSC ECG, patients over the age of 18 were sought who had experienced an OHCA, had been successfully resuscitated, had received...
This study uses EMS data from the 2017–2019 NEMSIS V3.5.0 database to perform a retrospective cross-sectional analysis. NEMSIS is a national database funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety...
Hyperventilation of a patient in cardiac arrest has been shown to impact negatively on survival but maintenance of optimal ventilation is not as easy as it may sound. Previous research suggests that...
This summary is arranged with the synthesised sources first and individual studies last..
Results were drawn from questions that participants had responded to; they were not required to answer all questions. A broad cross-section of the profession was captured in terms of age, work...
Electrical cardioversion has been the recommended treatment for the management of the peri-arrest patient with a clinically unstable tachyarrhythmia for some time now. Despite this, its use in UK...
The main aim of this research was to ascertain patient perspectives and experiences of SP-delivered home visits, achieved through the following objectives:.
This service evaluation sought to uncover paramedic and nurse perceptions of mental health 999 calls, and to understand how they are triaged by the Welsh Ambulance Service Trust's (WAST) clinical...
Search planning is often ignored in favour of going directly to your search. However, a search plan helps you to think through some key questions before you start searching that will save you time...
Consciousness may occur during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) despite the absence of a palpable pulse. The phenomenon, known as CPR-induced consciousness (CPR-IC), was first described over three...
This systematised review uses a qualitative synthesis and thematic analysis to account for heterogeneity between articles, with thematic coding to identify mental health trends..
Lactate is produced by most tissues in the human body, with the highest level of lactate production found in muscle (Consoli et al, 1990). In healthy subjects, lactate is the result of pyruvate...