Reducing frequent caller use of ambulance services: a review of effective strategies

Soft skills and the perceived necessity of a college degree for the paramedic profession

In the United States, there are four recognised levels of college degrees: two are considered undergraduate, and two graduate. The first undergraduate level is the associate degree, which is generally...

Bias toward the LGBTQIA+ community by Australasian paramedicine students

This prospective, cross-sectional, quantitative study used a survey methodology. Participants were Australian or New Zealand students on undergraduate paramedicine courses and were recruited through...

Learning afforded to student paramedics in a rural health promotion activity

Rural parts of Australia hold significant opportunity for health promotion activities as there is a combination of substantial burden of disease with limited access to health services (Smith et al,...

Classroom to escape room: an innovative experience to prepare and test students

The healthcare system in the UK is rapidly evolving, resulting in a dramatic evolution in paramedicine (Nixon, 2017), particularly since the turn of the century..

Disaster preparedness of health professionals at mass gatherings: a scoping review

Scoping reviews, as their name implies, are used to determine how much progress has been made in a particular area of research. In order to explore the question ‘What is known about the preparedness...

Experiences of personal protective equipment and reasons for non-compliance

The aim of this review is to investigate paramedics' experiences of using PPE in order to better understand factors contributing to their non-adherence of PPE policy..

The effect of COVID-19 on student opportunities to acquire airway skills

This retrospective study of student records explored airway procedure variables before and after the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the timing of the pandemic and the start of research, student records...

Recognising, assessing and managing chest pain

There are various causes of chest pain, including those of cardiac, gastrointestinal and respiratory origin. Table 1 shows the common causes and describes their presentation..

Frameworks that guide curriculum development in Australian higher education

As paramedicine education is still progressing as an established tertiary institution qualification, it is yet to gain credibility as a scientific discipline. Pertinent to this impasse is whether...

Salutogenesis: the case for a holistic tool for paramedic assessment of wellness

Salutogenesis is an approach to conceptualising wellness that examines health as a continuum and considers a multifactorial approach to determining an individual's health status (University West...

Using consensus group methods to improve simulation using immersive media in paramedicine

Weighted participant feedback is shown in figure 3. Two areas of consensus emerged in the focus group that indicated the value of the use of immersive media within simulations according to the...

Changing undergraduate paramedic students' attitudes towards sustainability and climate change

A pre- and post-intervention study was designed to evaluate paramedic students' attitudes towards climate change and sustainability, and to assess changes in attitudes and knowledge following an...