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The paramedic role in caring for people who use illicit and controlled drugs: A scoping review

Paramedicine, 2023
Introduction As the paramedic profession continues to grow and evolve, a shift from purely reactive to holistic patient care models is required. As the first and often the only point of medical contact for many patients from marginalised and under-served
Jennifer Bolster, Richard Armour, Michelle O’Toole, Meghan Lysko, Alan M. Batt   +4 more
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Psychometric properties of the Jefferson Scale of Empathy: a COSMIN systematic review protocol

Systematic Reviews, 2019
Background Empathy is an important characteristic to possess for healthcare professionals. It has been found to improve communication between professionals and patients and to improve clinical health outcomes.
Brett Williams, Bronwyn Beovich
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Paramedic supportive discharge programmes to improve health system efficiency and patient outcomes: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open, 2023
Introduction Discharging older adults with frailty home from the emergency department (ED) poses unique challenges due to multiple interacting physical and social problems.
Jennifer Anne Greene, Alix Carter, Jacques Simon Lee, Judah Goldstein, Dominic Lajeunesse, Khadija Abawajy, Angela Luan, Kristy Hancock, Jen McVey   +8 more
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Community Nurse-Paramedics' Sphere of Practice in Primary Care; an ethnographic study [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research, 2020
Abstract Background Primary care, the principal function of the healthcare system, needs efforts from the local primary healthcare teams. Community Paramedicine has managed to reduce the use of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) for non-emergent calls. For the paramedic to move from traditional emergency call outs to non-emergency care means new
Tuija Rasku, Marja Kaunonen, Elizabeth Thyer, Eija Paavilainen, Katja Joronen   +4 more
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Diabetes Management for Community Paramedics: Development and Implementation of a Novel Curriculum

Diabetes Spectrum, 2022
More than one in seven American adults are living with diabetes (1), making the disease a leading cause of morbidity, disability, impaired quality of life, and high health care costs in the United States (1–7). Despite advances in the science of diabetes management, rates of diabetes complications remain unacceptably high, particularly among racial ...
Anna L. Kasper, Lucas A. Myers, Peter N. Carlson, Rachel F. Johnson, Jeffery L. Schultz, Dustin Meyer, Chad P. Liedl, Michael B. Juntunen, Rozalina G. McCoy   +8 more
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Verbal abuse and mobbing in pre-hospital care services in Chile

Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem, 2018
Objective: to determine the perception of verbal abuse and mobbing and the associated factors of paramedic technicians (nursing assistants) and professionals (nurses, midwives, kinesiologists) in the pre-hospital care areas of three regions in the south ...
Varinia Rodríguez Campo, Tatiana Paravic Klijn   +1 more
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Undergraduate paramedic students and interpersonal communication development: a scoping review

Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2022
AbstractThe objective of this review is to examine the current literature related to interpersonal communication skill development within undergraduate paramedicine. Interpersonal communication is a vital paramedic skill, with evidence demonstrating it leads to improved patient outcomes and satisfaction and reduces medical errors.
Jennifer Mangan, John Rae, Judith Anderson, Donovan Jones   +3 more
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Correction to: The impact of shoe flexibility on gait, pressure and muscle activity of young children. A systematic review

Journal of Foot and Ankle Research, 2020
After publication of our article [1] we were notified that Figure 1 was incorrectly published as a duplicate of Table 1.
Simone Cranage, Luke Perraton, Kelly-Ann Bowles, Cylie Williams   +3 more
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Potential for Paramedic roles in Irish General Practice: A qualitative study of stakeholder’s perspectives [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]

HRB Open Research, 2022
Background: Irish health policy emphasises the role of Primary Care and General Practice however, there is a growing shortage of General Practitioners (GPs) in Ireland. Paramedics have traditionally focused on emergency care in the community.
Matthew Booker, Gina Agarwal, Geoff McCombe, Alan Batt, Tomás Barry, Mary Casey   +5 more
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Database quality assessment in research in paramedicine: a scoping review

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2023
Background Research in paramedicine faces challenges in developing research capacity, including access to high-quality data. A variety of unique factors in the paramedic work environment influence data quality. In other fields of healthcare, data quality
Neil McDonald, Nicola Little, Dean Kriellaars, Malcolm B. Doupe, Gordon Giesbrecht, Rob T. Pryce   +5 more
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