College of Paramedics stands its ground
Articles in this month’s EMJ demonstrate an interesting conflict within UK pre-hospital care. The Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee […]
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Intubation harder on the floor or in an ambulance
An abstract from the The National Association of EMS Physicians® 2010 Scientific Assembly published in a Supplement of Prehospital Emergency […]
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Is defibrillation an electric threat for bystanders?
No rescuer or bystander has ever been seriously harmed by receiving an inadvertent shock while in direct or indirect contact […]
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Stopping infusions before PCI transfer
An interhospital transport service introduced a no infusions policy for patients being transferred for primary coronary intervention, instead giving a […]
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Better TBI outcome with HEMS
A retrospective study from Italy compared outcomes of head injured patients cared for by a ground ambulance service (GROUND) with […]
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Ketamine use by paramedics
A poster presentation at the Australasian College of Emergency Medicine’s Annual Scientific Conference in Melbourne in November 2009 reports 100 […]
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Cardiocerebral resuscitation
An emergency medical service introduced a cardiocerebral resuscitation protocol and compared outcomes with a standard ACLS protocol. Cardiocerebral resuscitation (CCR) […]
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Pre-hospital thoracotomy and aortic clamping in blunt trauma
This is one of those ‘wow they really do that!?‘ papers…Patients undergoing thoracotomy and aortic clamping for pre-hospital blunt traumatic […]
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Self-extrication with a collar on
Using a sophisticated infrared six camera motion capture system, investigators demonstrated decreased cervical spine movement when collared volunteers self-extricated from […]
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Standard medication kit for prehospital and retrieval physicians
A very comprehensive (hence the title of the paper) review of medications required for pre-hospital & retrieval medicine missions was […]