Research

Paramedic management of patients with mental health issues: a scoping review

The purpose of a scoping review is to consider as comprehensive a range of data as possible, with less emphasis on quality. This allows research areas requiring further study to be identified and...

Paramedics at risk? How responding to a terror attack affects mental wellbeing

This literature review aims to critically analyse contemporary research that explores the psychological impact of real-life TAs on paramedics within the prehospital environment to answer the question:...

Historical perspectives of heat-related illness part 2: the present and future

As well as the harmful effects of heat-related illness on the body, our understanding of how organ damage occurs has also improved (Figure 2).

The views of current and future paramedics on prescribing: a review

The overarching aim of this study is to understand the thoughts and opinions of current and future paramedic prescribers on non-medical independent prescribing. In addition, it will identify potential...

Deprivation links to bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation rates

This review has highlighted that, as levels of deprivation increase, rates of BCPR decrease, as does the availability of AEDs; yet the incidence of OHCA rises. However, this review only included...

UK prehospital practitioners' knowledge of heat-related illness and heatstroke

The study aimed to assess the baseline knowledge of practitioners working in prehospital medical services in the UK. Specifically, it intended to assess knowledge around the risks, recognition and...

Settling into community

As more paramedics transition across various roles, Band 6 paramedic, Jennifer Green shares her journey in a new monthly column in 2024, as she makes her way from the ambulance setting into general...

Experiences of homeless individuals using ambulance services: a narrative review

This study aims to narratively explore why homeless individuals access healthcare through ambulance services and to identify lived experiences of both these individuals and paramedics. Three...

Support from advanced practitioners in critical care for ankle fracture dislocation

To the authors' knowledge, this is the first study to explore ambulance clinicians' perceptions of the APCC role. It identifies four main themes from the perceptions of ambulance clinicians who...

Perceptions of establishing advanced life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest

The aim of this study was to explore paramedics' experiences of establishing ALS in OHCA. It seeks to lift the ALS algorithm from the page and explore, without fear of judgement, paramedics' heuristic...

Technology commitment of emergency medical service practitioners and dispatchers

Using the Goal-Question Metric (Basili et al, 2022), the aim was decided as: to analyse technology commitment for the purpose of understanding attitudes and predicting utilisation behaviour with...

Can the Clinical Frailty Scale predict futility in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest?

The primary aims of this rapid review of the literature are to determine: whether the CFS could be used in the prognostication of cardiac arrest; and, secondarily, whether the tool could be adapted...