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Local socioeconomic status and paramedic students' academic performance

The boxplots in Figure 3 show the distribution of entrance exam scores by parent educational level. The y-axis measures the EE score, while the x-axis measures the parent education level..

Physiological and psychological components of paramedic wellbeing

There are philosophical and scientific approaches that led to the development of many modern wellbeing models. Diener's (1984) ‘Tripartite model of subjective wellbeing’ was fundamental in the...

Tranexamic acid and international ambulance services

A literature search was undertaken in August, 2019, using EBSCO Host, ProQuest and PubMed databases. Two search strategies were adopted: the first sought to identify peer-reviewed articles relating to...

Lion's mane jellyfish sting

A 45-year-old female presented to the emergency department following multiple stings from a jellyfish. She was attempting to swim across ‘The Minch’—at the point of her crossing, this is a 25-mile...

How report writing supports paramedic students' learning

The present study is grounded in the fields of writing studies and technical communication, two related fields where researchers study writers' practices and processes, and academic and workplace...

Improving motivation for self-directed training in Danish EMS personnel

The Zealand Region in Denmark has around 832 500 inhabitants (Statistics Denmark, 2017). Even though healthcare is a public responsibility, the politicians in the Region have hired the private company...

Survival in Seattle: the Cardiac Arrest Survival Summit

Survival from OHCA is measured using internationally agreed criteria, referred to as the Utstein Reference Standard (Cummins et al, 1991), and such a standardised reporting system allows comparisons...

Triage systems around the world: a historical evolution

Triage in medical terms, as defined by the Oxford English dictionary, means ‘the assignment of degrees of urgency to wounds or illnesses to decide the order of treatment of a large number of patients...

Acceptability and effectiveness of a 3D virtual reality cardiovascular lesson

In this study, the authors have demonstrated the design of a VR 3D anatomical model of the heart for cardiovascular education. When implemented in a PBL tutorial setting, the paramedical students in...

A description of a unique paramedic role in a Canadian emergency department

Paramedics are clearly well suited for employment in the ED. The role offers a novel way to improve patient care in a system that has been hamstrung by tradition, challenging the belief that emergency...

A novel approach to problem-based learning in a paramedicine programme

The educational design for this course was progressively reviewed and improved over a 3-year period. The senior lecturer in the course and the educational designer led the improvement process, which...

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