Nicol and MacFarlane (2006) suggest that in order to feel ownership, and therefore respond more effectively, students should have some control over the feedback they recieve. Therefore, suggesting...
‘I am a paramedic working for an emergency ambulance service. I have been working as a paramedic as my full time occupation for more than ten years and I still love my job. Sure, there are things I do...
‘This book offers far more than a simple check-list’.
Apprenticeships are not new but have changed their shape and content several times over the years. The need to train school leavers and re-train adults is ever present—it is the funding of this which...
Perhaps the biggest single prize that we still need to seize is unlocking the full potential of our profession and this means making paramedics ever more relevant and effective in meeting emerging...
A number of developments have occurred to address the professional needs of paramedics to have a scope of practice that matches the changing demand from both patients and the NHS requirements..
The nature of wounds sustained in modern military conflict is substantially different from those seen in civilian practice. Extremity wounds predominate (Owens et al, 2007; Owens et al, 2008) and the...
Tension pneumothorax (TPNX) is an immediately life-threatening thoracic injury (Leigh-Smith and Davies, 2003). It occurs when a one way valve is created between the lung and the pleura. This leads to...
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