Spotlight on Research

Many paramedics will have raised their eyebrows upon entering the scene of a cardiac arrest to find bystanders performing chest compressions while the patient is lying supine on a springy mattress....

The age of artificial intelligence

Statistical bias occurs when the distribution of a particular dataset does not accurately represent the distribution of the population which, in turn, causes algorithms to produce inaccurate outputs,...

Managing ambiguity and uncertainty in clinical decision-making

When paramedics are uncertain about exactly what is going on with a patient, they should start with what they do know. Even when managing a very uncertain situation, practitioners often know more than...

ECG Case Series for Paramedics: April 2023

The heart rate is approximately 50 beats per minute and in sinus rhythm. There is left axis deviation..

An Evaluation of Practice Supervisor Training for Student Paramedics

This article aims to demonstrate how practice supervisor training was incorporated into the final year of a paramedic academic programme..

Let them See: Effects of Witnessing Resuscitation on Patients’ Loved Ones

Using the EBSCOhost service, a search was conducted using the MEDLINE, CINAHL, the Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection and the APA PsycInfo databases. A further search was conducted on...

Chest Compressions and Defibrillation as Aerosolgenerating Procedures

Scoping reviews offer flexibility when reviewing literature that spans multiple, diverse methodologies and allow a broad overview of a topic to be created. As such, they have been described as an...

Discussing Values in Paramedic Practice

This case considers a 90-year-old woman presenting with new lethargy and left-sided chest/flank pain. The patient described a multi-week history of left-sided axial rib and flank pain, a 48-hour...

Comparison of buccal midazolam and rectal diazepam for seizures in children

Reflect on the last child seizure you attended; how did you manage this? Is there anything you could have done differently?.

Spotlight on Research

The practice of prehospital critical care teams has evolved rapidly over the last decade or more, but there remains only limited research to inform its practice..

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