The College of Paramedics has made its first Lifetime Achievement Award and is delighted to announce that the recipient is Roland Furber, former Chief Executive of the College of Paramedics. Roland...
Jason Killens, Deputy Director of Operations at the London Ambulance Service provided a summary of the trusts achievements, failures and most importantly, lessons learned in handling the significant...
‘…for our right for a meal break to be reported as an excuse for bad practice is completely unreasonable in its portrayal of the service.‘.
‘Not only has it caused worry and humiliation to the individuals concerned, it has also caused worry and concern in the local population. ’.
The data from the word map (Figure 3) were grouped to develop the interview proforma (Table 1) for the second stage of data collection. The interview data were analysed to identify common themes for...
Immediate manual inline immobilisation was initiated to prevent further secondary injuries from a possible undiagnosed c-spine fracture, while a primary survey was undertaken. This survey provides a...
A systematic search for relevant studies was undertaken using Medline, EMBASE and Cochrane databases. Studies from 1990 to 2011 were included. The MESH terms used for the search included: trauma...
The search located 49 articles. Of these, five articles met the inclusion criteria and were deemed suitable for further review. See Table 1 for a summary of each study. All five articles addressed...
Spotlight on Research is edited by Julia Williams, principal lecturer, paramedic science, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Hertfordshire UK. To find out how you can contribute to future...
The UK Ambulance Service Clinical Practice Guidelines (2006) recommend that paramedic teams should make every effort to transport a mother where the delivery is imminent between 20 to 37 weeks of...
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