Introducing the UK Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines 2016
March 2016 will see the release of the 2016 edition of the UK Ambulance Services Clinical Practice Guidelines, published by Class Professional Publishing for the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) and the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC). The guidelines will be available in Reference Edition and Pocket Book format (both paper and digital) and as an interactive app, iCPG UK Ambulance Services.
The 2016 Clinical Practice Guidelines will build on the successful format of the 2013 edition. Many minor amendments and updates have been added throughout the text. New guidance has been developed on end-of-life-care, staff wellbeing and health, special circumstances in resuscitation and the Mental Capacity Act 2005. JRCALC have been pleased to recommend the use of midazolam, primarily to help treat convulsions, although its use with the ‘combative traumatic head-injured patient' to facilitate improved oxygenation is also recognised. A new guideline has been developed that outlines its safe use with the buccal route for children, and a choice of administration routes for adults.
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