Over the years there has been growing interest in the use of ultrasound as a diagnostic tool to enhance paramedic practice when managing patients with a variety of clinical presentations..
Keeping with the mental health theme addressed in last month's review, the ubiquitous ‘ABC’ series takes up the mantle with a narrower look at one of the most prevalent aspects of mental illness..
‘The College of Paramedics believes that good practice in social media is no different from that in any other form of communication’ .
‘The four key areas for HART present different challenges and requirements with regards to information technology’ .
As the communications requirements of the emergency care sector evolve, we continue our commitment to our customers by investing heavily in new ways to support paramedics in the field, through the use...
Clinical procedures such as blood glucose measurement, administration of medicines and the application of dressings can cause children to experience upset, fear and anxiety, expressed through crying,...
The World Health Organization (WHO) defines diabetes as a:.
The use of reflective models is well established as an essential element in the academic education of student paramedics, acting as a means of linking theory to experiences gained during placements....
A literature review was performed using the following databases: CINAHL, Medline and Pubmed. The search terms used were ‘prehospital’, ‘paramedic’, ‘emergency medical service’, ‘cervical spine’,...
Despite their wide use throughout the UK, air ambulances remain a scarce resource but, as yet, there is no consensus on the best method to identify when they should be dispatched, especially in...
Anybody who works within the primary care sector will have doubtless experienced frustrations at what is often perceived as a paucity of mental health services readily accessible for their patients....
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