‘Even though it is theoretically possible, to our knowledge, there have been no reported cases of a doctor ever being sued successfully for acting as a Good Samaritan in a medical emergency’ (Seddon,...
This study aimed to address a lack of published literature surrounding PEds' mentoring role within paramedic education. As findings from other healthcare professions were used when creating the PEd...
‘Participants in this study clearly articulated benefits of inter-professional peer-assisted learning’.
‘Instructional methods should not be used in the teaching of communication skills, since they are ineffective in comparison with experiential methods’.
The concept of improved clinical leadership through non-medical consultant roles was first introduced in DH guidance Making a Difference (DH, 1999a), and was part of the wider modernisation agenda set...
EMRS has two teams available 24 hours a day. Each team comprises of two, the first person being a consultant with a specialty in emergency medicine, anaesthetics or intensive care, and the second...
‘The AHPRN is a development of the National Physiotherapy Research Network which was developed in 2004, and officially launched in 2005 following a call for proposals from the (CSP) for a research...
The heartbeat is initiated by an intrinsic electrical system composed of modified myocytes. These myocytes are organised into a group of spontaneously discharging pacemaker cells, situated in the...
A relative made an emergency call requesting an ambulance for a 64-year-old female, who had collapsed at home and appeared to be having a stroke. Whilst responding on a Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV),...
An ambulance vehicle with blue lights illuminated and with its siren sounding is generally permitted access to locations other traffic may be barred from, and using that access detonates at its...