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...

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...

Providing medical aid to Brazzaville, the Republic of Congo

The Republic of Congo gained its independence on 15 August 1960. In 1997, a six month long civil war broke out. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso has...

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...

International learning: bridging the gap through exchange programmes

‘I know that our students had an excellent experience, learning a lot about paramedic work in Ontario, engaging in inter-professional work and of...

Rural acute myocardial infarction survey (RAMIS)

‘building the necessary systems of care to coordinate Emergency Medical Services and hospitals so that catheterization (cath) laboratories can be...

An evaluation of high fidelity simulation training for paramedics in Ireland

Simulation does not merely focus on procedural skills or performance; rather it has a much broader perspective incorporating the affective, cognitive...

Which paediatric weight formula is best suited for the out-of-hospital field?

A literature review was undertaken using the electronic medical databases Ovid Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL Plus, Cochrane Systematic Review, and Meditext...

Managing premature babies in the pre-hospital environment

Paramedic team was requested to attend a lady with severe abdominal pain. Antenatal notes revealed she was pregnant at 26 weeks of gestation. On...

Standing up for paramedic practice

‘…[the] vision of the Paramedic Association of Canada is to have paramedicine recognised in primary health care.’.

Atlanto-occipital dislocation in children: saving a life in the trauma field

Over a period of 17 years (1986–2003), a total of 16 children with AOD were seen at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The mean age of this...

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...

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