Background: There has been an increase in the use of clinical simulations as instructional tools in healthcare education. This is because of their role in ensuring patients’ safety and quality-care provision.
Peter T. Sandy +3 more
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Peer-assisted learning: time for nomenclature clarification
Background: Peer-assisted learning (PAL) is used throughout all levels of healthcare education. Lack of formalised agreement on different PAL programmes may confuse the literature.
Alexander Olaussen +3 more
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Computer assisted assessment and advice for "non-serious" 999 ambulance service callers : the potential impact on ambulance despatch [PDF]
Objective: To investigate the potential impact for ambulance services of telephone assessment and triage for callers who present with non-serious problems (Category C calls) as classified by ambulance service call takers.
Crouch, R. +9 more
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Improvement of continuing medical education
The article discusses the issues of paramedic bachelor's degree training in the higher education system. There are no analogues of the paramedic qualification abroad. The significance of the education level for the healthcare quality is shown.
O. V. Sirotkina +5 more
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Causes of prehospital misinterpretations of ST elevation myocardial infarction [PDF]
Objectives: To determine the causes of software misinterpretation of ST elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) compared to clinically identified STEMI to identify opportunities to improve prehospital STEMI identification.
Bosson, Nichole +11 more
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Toward future 'mixed reality' learning spaces for STEAM education [PDF]
Digital technology is becoming more integrated and part of modern society. As this begins to happen, technologies including augmented reality, virtual reality, 3d printing and user supplied mobile devices (collectively referred to as mixed reality) are ...
Birt, James R., Cowling, Michael
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Prehospital critical care is associated with increased survival in adult trauma patients in Scotland [PDF]
Background Scotland has three prehospital critical care teams (PHCCTs) providing enhanced care support to a usually paramedic-delivered ambulance service.
Carr, David +7 more
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The paramedic role in caring for people who use illicit and controlled drugs: A scoping review
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 +4 more
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Timing and volume of fluid administration for patients with bleeding [PDF]
Original article can be found at: http://www3.interscience.wiley.com Copyright John Wiley & Sons. ‘This review is published as a Cochrane Review in the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2003, Issue 3.
Bunn, Frances, Kwan, I., Roberts, I.
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Emergency workers' experiences of the use of section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983: interpretative phenomenological investigation. [PDF]
AIMS AND METHOD: To explore the experiences of emergency workers dealing with incidents in which section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 is invoked by the police. Data from interviews with police officers and ambulance workers in a London locality were
Daw, Langridge, Smith, Smith, Smith
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