Consciousness may occur during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) despite the absence of a palpable pulse. The phenomenon, known as CPR-induced consciousness (CPR-IC), was first described over three...
The scope of practice of a paramedic in primary care will vary between employer, and depend to some extent on what the paramedic is used for. Speaking from experience, the author's practice is mostly...
The patient, a woman in her late 20s, suddenly collapsed at home without warning and was found to be unconscious and not breathing by her partner. Immediate basic life support was given via ambulance...
This systematised review uses a qualitative synthesis and thematic analysis to account for heterogeneity between articles, with thematic coding to identify mental health trends..
Screening behavioural health patients in ED reduces length of stay (Castellucci, 2020), hereby referred to as ‘the article’, discusses measures taken in a series of A&E departments within the United...
‘There is no more frightening and unpleasant feeling than that of feeling breathlessness and the sense of impending death’. .
Many drugs exert their effect on the body via an action on cells. The net effect of this can be to:.
Lactate is produced by most tissues in the human body, with the highest level of lactate production found in muscle (Consoli et al, 1990). In healthy subjects, lactate is the result of pyruvate...
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