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Pre-hospital risk stratification using a modified thrombolysis in myocardial infarction score: a retrospective medical record review

A retrospective medical record review was conducted using an established methodological approach (Gearing et al, 2006)..

Fit to practise: does more need to be done to improve the health and wellbeing of paramedics?

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...

Hyperacute stroke unit training for paramedics

A dedicated stroke training course for paramedics was developed by a multidisciplinary working party, comprising healthcare professionals (from stroke clinician backgrounds) and educationalists, to...

Involving adults who lack capacity in research: ethical and legal challenges for the pre-hospital and emergency medicine context

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 (MCA) took force in 2007; the long-awaited legislation that addressed the legal lacuna regarding decisions made on behalf of adults deemed unable to consent for...

An overview of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

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...

Integrating the 6Cs of nursing into paramedic practice

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...

Coventry University competes in the Student Paramedic International Rally of Emergency Simulations (SPIRES) 2016

Registration for the SPIRES event took place on the first day at Oxford Brookes University, providing an opportunity to meet the paramedic science team and the representatives from HEI's and...