Frameworks that guide curriculum development in Australian higher education

As paramedicine education is still progressing as an established tertiary institution qualification, it is yet to gain credibility as a scientific discipline. Pertinent to this impasse is whether...

Prehospital osmotherapy in isolated traumatic brain injury: a systematic review

TBI is the leading contributor to mortality, morbidity and disability globally, accounting for 30% of injury-related deaths in those aged 18–45 (Mangat, 2018). TBI is a national health priority, as...

SPOTLIGHT ON RESEARCH

Being trapped following a motor vehicle collision (MVC) provides its own set of challenges for the patient and the rescuers. Fire and rescue service (FRS) extrication strategies have developed on the...

The role of the paramedic in identifying modern slavery

After completing this module, the paramedic will be able to:.

Key facts about the COVID-19 vaccination programme in the UK

Pfizer/BioNTech, AstraZeneca and Moderna have manufactured three COVID-19 vaccines currently approved by the MHRA for use across the UK..

Pharmacokinetics in paramedic prescribing

Absorption is the process a drug undergoes to enter the circulation. The most common route is the oral route, where drugs are ingested orally, and then absorbed from the gastrointestinal tract into...

Mechanical chest compressions and survival in the emergency setting

This systematic review will endeavour to demonstrate whether the use of a mechanical chest compression device will be a positive factor in improving survival in the cardiac arrest scenario. In...

Understanding right ventricular myocardial infarction in prehospital care

To understand RVMI, it is necessary to look at the function of the right ventricle. According to Gupta et al (2013), the dominance of the coronary artery can be either right, left or balance. A study...

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