Several definitions exist in clinical guidelines and randomised controlled trials. van Diepen et al (2017) describe cardiogenic shock as a primary cardiac disorder causing a reduction in cardiac...
These case reports are from prehospital settings and involve patients experiencing traumatic injuries who were attended by rapid response doctors. The cases are from the UK and Ireland..
Any change to TTM policy or procedures has to follow a strict process; this involves the convening of the course clinical governance body, the Tactical Medical Advisory Group (TMAG). This faculty...
This literature review was divided into two parts, in response to the advice of specialist librarians, and it used search concept tools. The first part considered handover communication in...
‘The expertise of the UoC lecturers and the professional leading skills of the Kendal Mountain Rescue Team add a realism to training that is difficult to reproduce and will be remembered by unit...
A. As the Honorary Colonel of 335 Medical Evacuation Regiment and a Principal Lecturer in Nursing Health and Professional Practice at the University of Cumbria, I was able to gain Paramedic Lecturer...
After completing this module the paramedic will be able to: .
Much of the evidence surrounding human factors and cognitive bias comes from the hospital or primary care environment. There appears to be little evidence looking specifically at human factors in the...
An experienced band 6 paramedic and a final year student paramedic were called to a 64–year-old man with chest pain. On arrival, the patient said he had been trying to contact his doctor's surgery to...
The aim of the search was to identify appropriate literature and evidence which could be deemed to be useful to the prehospital management of NOF fracture..