Between February 2006 and July 2009, 1446 emergency health professionals completed the RESPONSE course, 570 (39%) completed the course evaluation and these are the results that will now be presented..
‘The competence of professionals derives from their possessing a set of relevant attributes such as knowledge, skills and attitudes. These attributes which jointly underlie competence are often...
‘Undoubtedly a good reference text but unlikely to be a core text for paramedic practice in the UK’.
‘It is an extremely popular career choice. We could fill the courses many times over. Greenwich is attractive because the university has a reputation for being very good. We pride ourselves on the...
‘There is no logical argument for paramedics to be at a lower academic level than other health professionals’.
The society has many branches across the UK and one in the Republic of Ireland. These branches and various other groups organize conferences, workshops, working parties, study days and seminars to...
Despite much media hype, compression-only CPR is only effective for short periods in individuals who suffer a sudden primary cardiac arrest. Recent studies suggest conventional CPR has better overall...
The smallpox virus (variola major) is a member of the family Poxviridae and the genus orthopoxvirus, which also includes vaccinia and monkeypox. Poxviruses are the largest viruses that cause infection...
Mental health disorders are common. One in six adults has a neurotic disorder (anxiety and/or depression), while one in two hundred has a psychotic disorder. One in seven people have considered...
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...
Established in 1997, the QAA is responsible for, amongst a wider remit, academic standards in HE institutes. The very ethos of quality assurance is in itself a form of evaluation and the six basic...
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