This commentary aims to critically appraise the methods used within the review by Hansel et al (2022) and expand upon its findings in the context of clinical practice..
Prehospital acute pain management research in adults often focuses on analgesic administration: ‘what proportion of patients received an analgesic?’, ‘did a meaningful pain score reduction occur?’,...
The purpose of this study was to determine whether there was a difference between anxiety experienced by paramedics who worked 12-hour shifts and those working 24-hour shifts. The mental health of EMS...
Chapter 1 provides an introduction that starts by defining (prehospital) research and justifying its importance. For example, it points out an 800% increase of prehospital research on the PubMed...
The Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) guidelines are often referred to as the prehospital ‘Bible’. They have been the ‘go to’ guidelines for all UK NHS Ambulance services since...
This research was conducted as part of an MSc in advanced practice (prehospital care) at the University of Greenwich. It was a quantitative survey that used a convenience sample by approaching every...
Chacko and Peter (2019) define antidotes as agents that reverse the effects of poisons on the body. Their mode of action is achieved by enzyme inhibition, binding to and neutralising a poison,...
Many paramedics will have raised their eyebrows upon entering the scene of a cardiac arrest to find bystanders performing chest compressions while the patient is lying supine on a springy mattress....
Reflect on the last child seizure you attended; how did you manage this? Is there anything you could have done differently?.
The practice of prehospital critical care teams has evolved rapidly over the last decade or more, but there remains only limited research to inform its practice..
Unplanned out-of-hospital births occur in approximately 0.5% of all UK births. They are associated with unfavourable perinatal outcomes and increased mortality. It is estimated that the UK ambulance...
