Medical vs. true physical traffic collision entrapment

This article reports data collected during a prospective, observational study carried out in the West Midland Fire Service's metropolitan area from October 2010–March 2012. All cases were patients who...

Fitness-to-practise concerns and preventative strategies

Paramedics function at the frontline of emergency care practice. A literature review identified a number of themes that illuminate their practice:.

Examining the true impact of alcohol on the heart

Newspapers previously caused a stir when claiming that alcohol may in fact be good for your heart. This has been misinterpreted by many to indicate that it is entirely safe to drink alcohol. However,...

Embrace the evidence or not—a book for the masses

Handling dyslexia while becoming a paramedic

Continuing Professional Development: Pain management in children in the pre-hospital environment

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

Labelling and care: what's in a name?

The National Ambulance LGBT Network Conference 2017

The National Ambulance LGBT Network was established in 2015 to share best practices from the various regional LGBT staff networks, and provide an overview of the common issues that ambulance services...

Inequalities faced by LGBT patients and staff must end

Numerous reports highlight how people in the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community have faced discrimination or a lack of support when accessing health and social care services (Hunt...

Safe transfer of simulation-based intubation skills to patients in cardiac arrest

This quasi-experimental study was performed at the pre-hospital unit in the North Denmark Region from February 2010 to December 2012, over a total of 35 months, including the 1-month training period..

Smaller, lighter, faster? Reducing the carbon footprint of ambulances

The NHS accounts for 5% of all road traffic in England, with staff, patients and visitors travelling over 20 billion kilometres annually by car (GrEAN, 2011). The Climate Change Act [2008] has...

Pre-hospital management of major haemorrhage following trauma: part one

Bleeding within the body affects two principal physiological systems:.

Pulse oximetry: SpO2 and SaO2

Arterial oxygen saturation or the discovered oxygen level in arterial blood (SaO2) is invasive, and it is difficult to monitor trends in a practice setting. In 1972, the idea of a non-invasive pulse...

Applicable scales for use in the pre-hospital setting