Prevalence of stress disorders in frontline healthcare students

All six studies focused on prevalence, five were cross-sectional and one was exploratory, descriptive (Table 2)..

Paramedic framework for learning and assessment

The research employed in-depth interviews following recalled incidents to generate data from which deductions were made about the underlying capabilities and guiding principles of the work of...

Spotlight on Research

HIV is a disease of major importance in the UK—and despite increased HIV testing and a move towards earlier initiation of antiretroviral therapy, a reduction in new cases each year proved hard to...

A mass distribution letter as an early intervention for potential frequent callers

This service evaluation was conducted using a pre-post design, for which ethical approval was not required. The data set was anonymised before review by the research team. Approval to access, analyse...

Prehospital emergency health services in Qatar

Qatar is located on a 160 km-long peninsula on the west coast of the Persian Gulf. Islands included, it occupies 11 493 km2 of land (Bener and Mazroei, 2010). While the country's economy was based on...

Paramedics’ perspectives of the community paramedic role in Ontario, Canada

There were 452 responses to the CP survey out of approximately 8000 paramedics in Ontario (Government of Ontario, 2017). Of the 387 respondents who provided their gender, 57.5% (n=260) were male. The...

Lateral versus over-the-head chest compression quality in student paramedic

The aim of this study was to determine if chest compressions performed from a lateral position are more effective than chest compressions performed from an over-the-head position in a cohort of UK...

Spotlight on Research

Current guidelines recommend that when right ventricular myocardial infarction (RVMI) is present, nitrates should not be administered. The advice is predicated upon the risk that decreasing preload in...

Attempting to prevent hyperoxaemia after out-of-hospital resuscitation

This literature review has limitations. A systematic review was not possible because of financial restraints. However, by following a detailed methodology and recording the steps taken, a valid...

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...

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