CPR-IC has proven problematic to practitioners attending out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCAs) as patients hinder resuscitative efforts through a range of actions. Patients have withdrawn from...
The analysis shows a higher 12-month prevalence of allergies or asthma in certain subgroups of the participating prehospital EMS staff from Germany compared to the overall study population, and that...
This research study focused on gaining a better understanding of the lived experiences of paramedics throughout the initial stages of the COVID-19 outbreak..
A literature search using Medline, PubMed and Scopus with the keywords ‘Emergency Medical Services’, ‘Paramedic’, ‘Leadership’, ‘EMS’, and ‘Leadership Transition’ found few articles about the...
Ireland is situated the north-western seaboard of the European continental shelf. The weather is mainly influenced by the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf Stream giving it a mild, temperate climate, mainly...
A systematic literature search was undertaken between 22 February and 1 March 2021. Two databases, PubMed and ScienceDirect, were searched using keywords relating to the review and combined using...
To model the DRIFT, two mechanisms for fatigue to affect the raters were considered..
A cross-sectional survey was distributed to assess attitudes of prehospital practitioners towards the COVID-19 vaccine, as well as their underlying reasons to receive or defer vaccination..
The scoping review framework was based on the guidelines of Arksey and O'Malley (2005), which are intended to address broader topics and different study designs. Furthermore, Cooper et al's (2021)...
Emergency medical services (EMS) personnel form the foundation of care for patients in the prehospital setting. However, the level of care they can provide is not uniform.
The results of this pilot study indicate that 90% of vascular access attempts by paramedics were successful and that the likelihood of failure was associated with greater patient age, a higher number...
A retrospective hand search of the NAS database, which holds a digital record of the calls received and attended by NAS, was carried out..
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