Clinical Practice

The paramedics' role in safeguarding and protecting children and young people

A search was conducted of the emergency nursing and paramedic practice journals, alongside Pubmed, Cochrane, and Science-Direct data bases, from 1990 to current date. The following key words were...

Pre-hospital management of cystic fibrosis patients presenting with haemoptysis

Haemoptysis is a commonly reported manifestation within the CF population its incidence increasing with greater life expectancy (Flume et al, 2005). The most common causes of haemoptysis include...

Reflex anoxic seizure in children

‘RAS is the term used for a particular fit which is neither epileptic nor due to cyanotic breathholding, but which rather results from a brief stoppage of the heart through excessive activity of the...

Emergency department ambulance diversion: a thing of the past?

‘So, what happens when diversion is eliminated?’.

Massive haemorrhage: a current perspective

Introduction of the cell-based model of haemostasis emphasizes the role of platelets for intact thrombin generation and highlights the importance of the dynamics of thrombin generation, influencing...

Improving cardiopulmonary resuscitation quality with help from a popular song

This is a prospective, randomized, parallel group design study that was carried out at a primary school in Galicia (northwest Spain) and the participants, who were comprised of schoolchildren aged...

The first responder vs autism

With no outward physical markers of the condition, a firefighter or emergency medical technician/paramedic (EMT) might not be able to tell if the individual has autism right away. There are many...

Management of heat emergencies in the military setting

Heat-related illness represents a continuum of disorders from minor syndromes such as heat cramps, heat syncope, and heat exhaustion to the severely life-threatening disorder known as heat stroke....

Resuscitation from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in an under-resourced environment

South Africa is a developing country with an upper-middle-income and advanced emerging market economy (The World Bank, 2010; FTSE, 2010). In 2009, inflation-adjusted income per person in South Africa...

Paramedics in prehospital emergency medical systems across Europe

Each country has different names for members of prehospital EMS. We have classified and gathered them according to their skills. The EMS models, crews of BLS and ALS units, and trainings of EMS...

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