Chronic disease is defined as a long-lasting condition that can be controlled, but not cured (Salzman et al, 2012). Interestingly, over half of the US population lives with a least one chronic...
‘An unplanned life-threatening event in which there is a mismatch between the ambient level of resources and those that a patient needs to regain stability.’ .
Action learning is not a new concept. The phrase was coined by Professor Reginald Revans in the 1950s when trying to understand some of the routine challenges facing coal mine workers. Reginald Revans...
999 activity increased by 6.9% last year (Anderson, 2013) with incidents resulting in an ambulance service clinician attending scene increasing by 4% (Anderson, 2013) and patients discharged on scene...
For decades there has been debate concerning the presence of lay people during resuscitation attempts. Predominantly the focus of the research has been in-hospital although in recent years we have...
‘It is a truly humbling experience to meet the award winners who have saved lives and to see how the people they saved are doing so well and enjoying being with their family, grateful for being...
The Canterbury Christ Church Student Paramedic Society was set up to promote the role of the student paramedic and to provide continuing professional development opportunities for all health and...
Cannulation is the main barrier to the administration of opioid analgesia, and this has been shown to be a problem in the young, the elderly, the shocked patient and the cognitively impaired. Studies...
To establish a structure to improve the development of essential non-practical skills..
Evaluation is a statement which appraises or adds value to something (Simpson et al, 1986). Evaluation is regularly paired with assessment which encompasses benchmarking and ranking; however, there...
The concept of work-readiness refers to the paramedic graduate's capacity to transfer their entry-level qualifications and job-specific competence to the workforce and to quickly adapt to normal work...