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Post-traumatic stress disorder among ambulance personnel: a review of the literature

Reducing PTSD among emergency ambulance personnel can be achieved by identifying the symptoms and providing the relevant and best treatment options available. The ambulance service has an obligation...

Younger is harder: Pre-hospital IV access success rates in children

‘Regression analysis demonstrated that age was significantly associated with IV success rates’.

Personal Reflective Learning Log

The following space is provided for you to refect on how any of these articles might relate to, affect, influence or impact upon your practice. Have any of these articles struck you as particularly...

Responses to ‘The A&E crisis: the burgeoning effect on paramedics’

Dear Editor, As your article in the August Edition of the Journal of Paramedic Practice states ‘…growing demand on A&E departments will make them unsustainable if effective action is not taken quickly...

A tribute to Roland Furber

The College of Paramedics has made its first Lifetime Achievement Award and is delighted to announce that the recipient is Roland Furber, former Chief Executive of the College of Paramedics. Roland...

Emergency Medicine Conference 2013

Jason Killens, Deputy Director of Operations at the London Ambulance Service provided a summary of the trusts achievements, failures and most importantly, lessons learned in handling the significant...

Pre-hospital femoral neck fracture management: A review of the literature

The search located 49 articles. Of these, five articles met the inclusion criteria and were deemed suitable for further review. See Table 1 for a summary of each study. All five articles addressed...

If time is brain, why do people wait before seeking help?

Spotlight on Research is edited by Julia Williams, principal lecturer, paramedic science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire UK. To find out how you can contribute to future...