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Mental health in the care of paramedics: part 1

Mental health disorders are common. One in six adults has a neurotic disorder (anxiety and/or depression), while one in two hundred has a psychotic disorder. One in seven people have considered...

Evaluation of the use of portfolios in paramedic practice: part 1

Established in 1997, the QAA is responsible for, amongst a wider remit, academic standards in HE institutes. The very ethos of quality assurance is in itself a form of evaluation and the six basic...

Analysing Thurstone and Likert attitude scales as data collection methods

It is first important to define what an attitude is. Edelmann (2000) and Bowling (2002) both define an attitude as a disposition to evaluate a phenomenon in a particular way. Peoples’ attitudes in the...

I.F.E.A.R reflection: an easy to use, adaptable template for paramedics

Learning can be said to result from exposure to an experience. However, it is not the exposure alone which results in learning. It is in the process of reflecting on that experience and responding to...

A year in the life of a remote medic

We attended the course in March 2010 and found it to be excellent. The course needs to be well prepared for because as a part of it, you take a UK resuscitation advanced life support course on the...

Disaster management and emergency planning at Coventry University

Based upon two decades of experience, the newly-established Centre for Disaster Management is already a successful initiative, based within the Department for Geography, Environment and Disaster...

Assessment and management of chronic pain in adults: implications for paramedics

The International Association for the Study of Pain defines pain as ‘an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such...

Automated external defibrillators: everywhere?

Right place, AED not made available, poor outcome .

Planning and writing an evidence-based critical reflection

Reflective practice has been highlighted as a key component of evidence-based healthcare (Craig and Smyth, 2002). It is suggested that these two elements function synergistically to improve clinical...