Medical advances in the last decade have seen stroke care go from ‘supportive medical therapy to that of an acute medical emergency’ (Bray et al, 2005). Acute stroke occurs when blood flow to part of...
‘The process of withstanding the negative effects of risk exposure, demonstrating positive adjustment in the face of adversity or trauma, and beating the odds associated with risks.’.
Scally and Donaldson (1998) advocate clinical governance to improve care and quality within the NHS. In line with this, this article will use the review, agree, implement and demonstrate (RAID)...
The listening styles profile (LSP) has been used widely as a standardized measure (Watson et al, 1995). The LSP was originally administered to young adults in the US (Watson et al, 1995). The LSP...
Our study supports prior research documenting that prehospital providers feel less comfortable providing care to children than adults and that they desire more paediatric education (Federiuk et al,...
‘The course requires an in-depth knowledge of the whole range of current paramedic practice’.
To describe current NHS practice, we mailed a questionnaire to the lead clinician of all major acute hospital emergency departments in the UK and analysed routine emergency department data from...
A formulary is a list of approved medicines. Most hospital and primary care prescribers work within an agreed formulary of medicines (which may differ between regions), and ambulance services have...
There is compelling evidence to demonstrate the educational and contextual benefits of simulation in healthcare settings (Okuda, 2008; McGaghie, 2010). This is especially evident in the training of...
A two-stage repeated measures study was conducted during March and April 2008 to investigate the effect of participation in a targeted training intervention on self-reported confidence in aspects of...