Firstly, it is useful to recognise that the functionality of pulse oximeter technology (and indeed many arterial blood gas analysers and other laboratory equipment) relies upon the Beer-Lambert Law,...
Plans to develop the profession to incorporate independent prescribing were first considered over a decade ago in the Department of Health and Social Care's (DHSC) (2005) strategic review of NHS...
The Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) assesses the ability to recover from stressful situations. The BRS is a validated self-report 6-item scale rating one of the highest levels of quality for measuring...
Health professionals' compliance with hand hygiene remains a universal problem in health care (Gould et al, 2017; Sunley et al, 2018). While poor hand hygiene is prevalent in the inpatient and...
‘a transient episode of neurologic dysfunction caused by focal brain, spinal cord or retinal ischemia without acute infarction’ (Easton et al, 2009) .
The purpose of this month's Clinical Skills column is to provide safe and effective best practice guidance for the use of haemostatic agents, or haemostats, in the pre-hospital environment. The topic...
Toronto Paramedic Services' Paramedics, Emergency Medical Dispatchers (EMD), Supervisors and Operations Support Technicians are well trained through continuous in-service training throughout the year...
As the name implies, standards of education and training (SETs) are standards that programmes of education and training must meet before they can be approved. These standards ensure that individuals...
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