This commentary aims to critically appraise the methods used within the review by O'Connor et al (2021) and expand upon the findings in the context of clinical practice..
Recent studies suggest that in cases of serious trauma, reducing prehospital time could improve survivability of patients. An area of particular interest is the reduction in time spent on scene by...
As reports of violence against ambulance staff are increasing, this study is interesting. The researchers conducted a simulation-based study to evaluate the responses of emergency medical service...
Between May 2020 and April 2021, the regional AHEC in the northwest portion of Indiana partnered with a local community integrated health service organisation to expand access to COVID-19 antibody...
Following a scoping search, formulation of the inclusion/exclusion criteria began. The PICOS (population, intervention, comparator, outcome and study design) framework was used to aid this process...
Time to treatment is an important factor in the management of patients with traumatic haemorrhage, but the common perception that blood may be superior to saline in the prehospital setting is yet to...
A single-centre, prospective cohort study was conducted by North East Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust between 17 February 2020 and 31 March 2021..
Thames Valley Air Ambulance (TVAA) provides prehospital enhanced and critical care to patients in the counties of Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire between 07:00 and 02:00, 365 days a year....
North West–Greater Manchester North West Research Ethics Committee (18/NW/0763) and the Health Research Authority provided ethics approval for this study..
Chest pain is a frequent reason for contact with the emergency medical services (EMS). However, it has multiple aetiologies and only a small number of patients are having a myocardial infarction (MI)....
The study design was a cross-sectional survey, structured and reported using the ‘Strengthening the reporting of observational studies in epidemiology’ (STROBE) guidelines (Cuschieri, 2019) and...
Preliminary searching of the extent of the literature determined that the body of evidence surrounding cardiac biomarkers in the prehospital setting was limited. Because the literature was so sparse,...