Homelessness is defined by a lack of permanent housing for a household or individual, either in the UK or anywhere else in the world (MHCLG, 2018). Although it is difficult to measure the full extent...
A 21-year-old woman called 999 for an emergency ambulance complaining of dizziness, nausea, vomiting and mild abdominal discomfort. An advanced paramedic was dispatched to assess the patient with the...
Stemming from the works of Barnard (1938) and Follett (1941), organisational behaviour theory is characterised by its approach to the analysis of an organisation and its people on a macro scale. The...
The legal requirements for writing a prescription are defined by regulation 217 of the Human Medicines Regulations 2012. For any prescription-only medicine to be sold or supplied, the prescription...
It is known that survivors of an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) have a high probability of experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder, but less is known about the effects on bystanders and...
Paramedic independent prescribers may currently legally prescribe all licensed medicines and off-licence/off-label licensed medicines for accepted clinical uses where no alternative is available, but...
Scoping reviews describe the existing literature and provide a broad overview of the area (Peterson et al, 2017; Sucharew and Macaluso, 2019; Lawn et al, 2020)..
This study aimed to: Describe a system to identify the primary survey positive patientSignpost to guidance on the management of the primary survey positive patientIntroduce the SOAPC system for the...
To investigate the influence of time on the predictive value of the post-ROSC ECG, patients over the age of 18 were sought who had experienced an OHCA, had been successfully resuscitated, had received...
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