Taking their first steps as student paramedics

So, my first obstacle is complete: I have made it onto the Paramedic Practice course. Being among those narrowed down from nearly 800 applications to a cohort of 70 is a mini achievement already....

The complexity of pain management in children

Fundamental to understanding the process of prehospital pain management in children is an appreciation of pain theory. A number of theories seek to explain the complex phenomenon of pain—the best...

A pilot of the Paramedic Advanced Resuscitation of Children (PARC) course

The Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) recently produced the fourth edition of its Facing the Future publication, which sets standards for the provision of emergency care to...

Effect of placental transfusion on neonatal resuscitation attempts

The research question was developed using PICO (Table 1). As many reviews have already found them to be equally effective, DCC and UCM were used together to consider both strategies for placental...

Maximising intraosseous flow rates: an in-vitro study

Three different methods of administration were examined: Fluid-giving set directly placed upon IO needle hub (direct-to-hub: DTH) (Figure 1)Fluid-giving set connected to the EZ-IO device extension...

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