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Developing leadership in the UK's ambulance service: a review of the consultant paramedic role

The concept of improved clinical leadership through non-medical consultant roles was first introduced in DH guidance Making a Difference (DH, 1999a), and was part of the wider modernisation agenda set...

Master's of Research in Clinical Practice, Kingston and St George's, University of London

Having the time to explore clinical problems and pursue career development through research is a valuable opportunity not to be missed.

College of Paramedics draft response statement on sepsis

The College of Paramedics is aware of the recent publication by the Parliamentary and Health Ombudsman of Time to Act; Severe sepsis: rapid diagnosis and treatment saves lives..

Clinical forum: automated chest compression devices

What are the ‘hands-on’ issues that you are aware of in clinical practice and what possible improvements might help from a paramedic's perspective?.

A clinical audit of the pre-hospital paediatric respiratory assessment in London

A retrospective criterion-based clinical audit was undertaken of 253 PRFs collected from the end of June 2011 to the end of July 2011, where the pre-hospital clinician identified and coded dyspnoea...

Is there scope for an observational pain scoring tool in paramedic practice?

Pain scoring and indeed pain management has widely been studied in the pre-hospital environment, with many different aspects explored. These include paramedic perspectives (Jones and Machen, 2003),...

The transnational delivery of paramedic education: the Gibraltar case study

Gibraltar is a British Overseas Territory with an independent government that is almost entirely autonomous in overseeing it's 30 000 population, despite having a status listed by the United Nations...

Registered paramedics in Gibraltar: the student perspective

‘For the first time in Gibraltar's healthcare history, four students successfully graduated from a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) validated paramedic programme in Gibraltar’.