‘[the ambulance service] is recognised as having a wider role, as a conduit to other NHS services and in ensuring patients can access the facilities they need, close to their home (DH, 2011:7).’.
Several studies identify lack of clarity of purpose for the lecturer practitioner role (Fairbrother and Mathers, 2004; Williamson, 2004; Williamson et al, 2004; Hancock et al, 2007) and this in itself...
So, what has informatics got to do with patient safety? The Department of Health says that:.
‘Medical education, evidence-based care, accountability and professionalism are all factors catalysing the modernisation and professionalisation of modern British paramedicine’.
While gout is becoming an increasingly prevalent condition, it has its background many thousands of years ago. The Egyptians first identified gout in 2 640 BC, and in the fifth century, Hippocrates...
The World Health Organization (WHO) (1946) defines health as ‘a state of complete, physical mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.’ The DH (2011b) validates...
The NHS invests in library and information services and electronic resources to support clinical practitioners in developing and delivering evidence-based services. This definition of evidence-based...
For further advice and information on paramedic training and registration, visit the College of Paramedics website:.
Although a form of group work, the focus of action learning is the individual. The individual brings a real-life problem to the group known as the ‘set’ and receives the full attention of the set as...
Stimulants such as caffeine, dextromethorphan in cough remedies, cough and cold remedies containing stimulants or antihistamines are misused and abused for improving performance and for their...
