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Can handheld POC capillary lactate measurement be used with arterial and venous laboratory testing methods in the identification of sepsis?

Systematic searches identified 1 461 study abstracts which were evaluated against the inclusion/exclusion criteria for relevance. A total of 65 studies were potentially relevant and full texts were...

Paramedics and medicines: legal considerations

The HMR defines who can buy and possess medicines, and this is summarised in Appendix 1. There is an exemption for the purchase of general sales medicines; however, the supply chain for these...

A world class resource for the ambulance service: the NARU Education Centre

Since 2008, the National Ambulance Resilience Unit's (NARU) Education Centre has been dedicated to the improvement of specialist pre-hospital patient care delivered in especially challenging or...

Journal of Paramedic Practice consultant editor, Professor Ian Peate, awarded OBE

‘Your leadership in men's health and your prolific and effective writing are exemplary. The creation of the “Fundamentals of…” series is particularly commendable, especially because of its...

Flippin’ education: a new pedagogy for paramedic students?

More traditional methods of teaching teach the basics of a concept during classroom time and the student is expected to learn more deeply about the concept in self-directed study time. The basis of...

Exploring a possible incidence of neurogenic pulmonary oedema

Neurological conditions that cause an abrupt and rapid increase in ICP are closely correlated with, and therefore at greatest risk of, NPO (Davison et al, 2012).

Industrial paramedic: an emerging speciality?

‘155 workers killed annually—equating to three per week’ .

Which factors most influence demand for ambulances in South West England?

The model predicts that the number of regular fallers among older people is the most influential contributor to demand for ambulances in South West England. This factor is predicted to be over three...