A combination of literature reviews and study trials were examined to investigate the appropriate use of clopidogrel in the prehospital environment....
The authors used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) guidelines (Moher et al, 2009) and screened articles...
The PubMed and Cochrane Library databases were searched with the following search terms: (((cricoid pressure) OR sellick)) AND (((((rapid sequence...
A literature search was undertaken in August, 2019, using EBSCO Host, ProQuest and PubMed databases. Two search strategies were adopted: the first...
The Zealand Region in Denmark has around 832 500 inhabitants (Statistics Denmark, 2017). Even though healthcare is a public responsibility, the...
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...
The educational design for this course was progressively reviewed and improved over a 3-year period. The senior lecturer in the course and the...
‘The sum of all interactions, shaped by an organization's culture, that influence patient perceptions across the continuum of care.’ .
‘[Professional practices] are manifest through … ethical conduct, professional decision making, client-practitioner communication, consultation and...
The aim of the current study was to assess empathy scores of first and second year paramedic students at Fanshawe College in Ontario, Canada. The...
Job burnout has variously been described as having components of ‘emotional exhaustion, depersonalisation, and reduced personal accomplishment’...
Pre-hospital care is an interprofessional and intersectorial service that transects many areas of health care. Emergency health care has not been...
There were seven respondents to the survey, all of whom completed it fully. Of these, 57.1% were female; 85.7% were aged under 25 years old (the...
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,...
Cardiac arrest exhibits wide variations in incidence, response, and outcome across regions as a result of its multifactorial nature (Nichol et al,...
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