JUST Paramedic Conference 2017

Delivered by Professor Brett Williams, Department of Community Emergency Health and Paramedic Practice, Monash University, Victoria, Australia..

Long live the ‘king’?

The legend of ATLS is well known. Created by James K Styner in 1976, it would implement a standardised approach to managing trauma. The idea was spun...

Contributions to public health around the world

Ambulance services play a unique role in any healthcare system, but the services will differ from country to country. As we know it in the UK,...

That final fatal error: crew resource management

Pre-hospital care providers work in highly unpredictable environments in which they provide urgent medical care, often involving long, irregular hours...

Incidence, response, and outcomes of cardiac arrest in Portland, Oregon

Cardiac arrest exhibits wide variations in incidence, response, and outcome across regions as a result of its multifactorial nature (Nichol et al,...

Pre-hospital medicine: South Africa vs. the United Kingdom

‘practitioners, who provide specialist care and treatment to patients who are either acutely ill or injured, that can administer a range of drugs...

Learning about behavioural emergencies: an evaluation of paramedic textbooks

‘an acute disturbance of thought, mood, behaviour, or social relationship that requires immediate intervention as defined by the patient, family...

Gazing into the crystal ball: pre-hospital care in India

An important difference between the UK and India is that the GDP per capita in the UK is over 40 000 USD—while in India, it is less than 2000 USD. For...

Crisis Resource Management in emergency medical settings in Qatar

The population of Qatar is in excess of 2.6 million (76% male versus 24% female) (MDPS, 2016). Almost 90% of the country's population comprises...

Successful use of percussion pacing in a pre-hospital p-wave asystole and ventricular standstill

Unstable emergency patients might experience different cardiac arrhythmias. A rarely seen arrhythmia is the p-wave asystole also mentioned ventricular...

The homeless community: breaking down the barriers to primary care

Being homeless and sleeping rough is sadly not a new phenomenon. The numbers of homeless people all across England have been increasing over recent...

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