Needle decompression of the chest (also known as thoracocentesis or thoracentesis) is a manoeuvre to release abnormal air from the pleural space. Prehospital needle decompression is only indicated for...
The present literature search was conducted between January and March 2017 using the CINAHL, British Nursing Index (BNI), Medline, NHS Evidence and PubMed databases using the University of Brighton...
As an idea originally suggested by the academic team, a meeting was arranged between the paramedic programme team and the university practice learning advisers, who specialise in practice education...
Paramedic and outdoor recreation students have similar imperatives to practise first response skills in austere environments. Undergraduate paramedic students—traditionally embedded in the health...
This article focuses on the physiological, emotional and behavioural response that is fear and considers how it impacts clinical practice. It may have some benefits; for example, the release of the...
In 2016–2017, there were 16 285 injury-related ambulance call-outs to 0–14 year-olds in the north west of England (20.6% of all call-outs to 0–14 year-olds). The majority were unintentional injuries...
One of the first questions raised when researching PHEA is: what is it best referred to as? The SOP produced by Pinnell and Pountney (2015), followed by the ambulance trust, is so titled, but refers...
With UK NHS ambulance trusts answering more than 10 million 999 calls in 2017, and the average ambulance vehicle travelling 50 000 miles per year (Lord Carter of Coles, 2018), several ambulance...
After completing this module, the paramedic will be able to: .
The study explored the experiences of paramedics working in rural areas. A qualitative design was used to provide depth and richness. Data were analysed through inductive thematic analysis (Braun and...
A literature search was conducted on several occasions between October 2017 and May 2018, using the Medline, CINAHL, Sciencedirect, Scopus and Academic Search Premier databases, which were accessed...
Searching the key words ‘reflection AND paramedics’ yielded very few results, which focused mainly on ‘how to’ guidance on reflection. The literature search was therefore widened to encompass other...