Prehospital

Prehospital assessment of stroke: time is brain

Medical advances in the last decade have seen stroke care go from ‘supportive medical therapy to that of an acute medical emergency’ (Bray et al, 2005). Acute stroke occurs when blood flow to part of...

Falls in the prehospital environment

There were 405 articles located in the search with 21 meeting the inclusion criteria. There were five studies excluded leaving 16 studies available for review There was one pragmatic cluster...

Prehospital continuous positive airway pressure ventilation in ACPO: part 2

A comprehensive English language literature search of MEDLINE and CINAHL from 2000 to November 2010 was conducted using a broad search strategy. The subject heading ‘CPAP’ was used including the...

Prehospital continuous positive airway pressure ventilation in ACPO: Part 1

‘A complex syndrome that can result from any structural or functional cardiac disorder that impairs the ability of the heart to function as a pump to support a physiological circulation. The syndrome...

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