Leadership & Management

Accountable Care Organisations fund the gap—how to get community paramedic programmes paid

The American Academy of Family Physicians (2014) defines an ACO as:.

Australian paramedic graduates transitioning into UK NHS ambulance services: what are the potential challenges?

University paramedic programmes in Australia and the UK commenced as early as 1994 in Australia (Fields, 1994; Lord, 2003) and 1998 in the UK (Carney, 1999). The transition of paramedic education and...

The impact of post-traumatic stress on first responders: analysis of cortisol, anxiety, depression, sleep impairment and pain

The primary aim of this study was to assess the impact of psychological and physical stress on emergency medical technician (EMT) and paramedic first responders by analysing the relationships among...

The development and history of the paramedic profession in Israel

Israel has a national EMS system—Magen David Adom (MDA). MDA is a non-governmental, non-profit organisation that works as a standalone corporation by law. MDA was established during the First World...

International Paramedic: connecting the world

IP is an organisation formed in 2011 with a vision to become:.

The 3rd International Emergency Medical Seminar of Magen David Adom, Tel Aviv

The first day of the Emergency Medical Seminar started after lunch, Sunday being the first day of the Israeli working week.

Work readiness in paramedic graduates: what are employers looking for?

The aim of the study was to investigate the perceptions of employers from the state and territories’ ambulance services as the key employers of paramedics in Australia, on workplace readiness of...

The 18th World Congress on Disaster and Emergency Medicine

‘World Association for Disaster and Emergency Medicine (WADEM) was originally founded as the Club of Mainz on October 2, 1976 with the goal of improving the worldwide delivery of pre-hospital and...

Looking at contemporary pre-hospital trauma care systems

Trauma is a common cause of death in underdeveloped, developing and developed nations. In developed nations such as Australia, injury from suicide, transport accidents and unintentional falls...

Interprofessional education: looking at the principles

The principles of IPE draw on the IPE literature, an evidence base, as well as the experience of healthcare professionals and the Centre for the Advancement of Interprofessional Education (CAIPE). The...

A model to embed clinical simulation training during ambulance shift work

Providing simulation training at the roadside for ambulance staff is equivalent to facilitating ‘in-situ’ simulation for hospital staff. In-situ simulation is to be understood as providing...

Effect of low dose high frequency training on paramedic cognitive skills

This pre post-test quasi-experimental study was conducted over one year (2009–2010) to examine the effects of low dose, high frequency instruction (10 minute monthly refreshers) on the retention of...