In the 1960s, the use of the term ‘coaching’ by some experts was different to the perception we have today. Use of the term was perhaps more aligned to my own interpretation, which is, intuitively, to...
Essentially the KED is a flexible mini back board that, when in position on the casualty, extends from their lower back to above their head. It also extends laterally to encompass the flanks and head,...
Paramedics traditionally operate in high-risk and often unpredictable environments, dealing with a range of illnesses and injuries from the critically ill, to those patients with low acuity, yet often...
Ethics approval for this research was obtained from the UTAS Human Research Ethics Committee (No. H11576)..
Participants in our exercise were all members of the University of Warwick Wilderness Medicine Society. They were all enrolled on the four-year graduate entry MBChB programme which leads to...
The MIME technology consisted of two key components: i) lightweight medical sensors that were simple to apply and operate (see Figure 1), and ii) novel software that presented these data very simply,...
Over the years there has been growing interest in the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool to enhance paramedic practice when managing patients with a variety of clinical presentations..
As the communications requirements of the emergency care sector evolve, we continue our commitment to our customers by investing heavily in new ways to support paramedics in the field, through the use...
In 1987 the use of clingfilm gained early research exposure by Wilson and French. In their abstract they state:.
‘An unplanned life-threatening event in which there is a mismatch between the ambient level of resources and those that a patient needs to regain stability.’ .
Action learning is not a new concept. The phrase was coined by Professor Reginald Revans in the 1950s when trying to understand some of the routine challenges facing coal mine workers. Reginald Revans...
999 activity increased by 6.9% last year (Anderson, 2013) with incidents resulting in an ambulance service clinician attending scene increasing by 4% (Anderson, 2013) and patients discharged on scene...