Mental health acts and out-of-hospital care: Legislative boundaries and the paramedic role in Australian mental health legislation. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundChanges to Australian mental health legislation have expanded the role of paramedics in managing mental illness. Paramedics in most Australian states and territories can now temporarily detain and transport people suspected of being mentally ...
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Australian paramedics’ perceptions of reasonable overtime: a Delphi study [PDF]
BMC Health Services ResearchBackground Paramedics frequently incur reasonable overtime (RO) due to factors such as staffing, patient acuity and transport durations. Considering the risks associated with extended work hours, understanding paramedics’ opinions of reasonable and ...
Matthew J. Ferris +3 more
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From external rewards to intrinsic drive: A self-determination theory analysis of paramedic motivations for postgraduate education [PDF]
Health SA Gesondheid: Journal of Interdisciplinary Health SciencesBackground: Paramedicine research is expanding, yet non-paramedic researchers dominate knowledge production. This gap requires increased paramedic participation in postgraduate education to develop independent scholars and enhance discipline-specific ...
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Ethical Care: Nurses’ Experience of Moral Judgment in Intensive Care Units [PDF]
Journal of Qualitative Research in Health Sciences, 2023 Background: Ethical care is concerned with aspects of work that may influence nurses’ ethical behavior. Intensive care units might expose nurses to moral judgment while caring.
Hamideh Yazdimoghaddam +2 more
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Frequency of the Covid-19 Disease Complications in Patients Admitted to 16-hour Centers in Sabzevar, Iran (2022) [PDF]
مجله دانشگاه علوم پزشکی سبزوار, 2023 Background: Covid-19 has become one of the most important challenges to health care systems, causing various complications and death in severe cases. Therefore, the present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the complications of the Covid ...
Bita Koushki +3 more
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Rural and Remote Health, 2021 Introduction: This article aimed to evaluate pilot community paramedicine (CP) programs in northern Ontario from the perspectives of paramedics to gain program recommendations related to both rural and urban settings.
Behdin Nowrouzi-Kia +5 more
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Sleep and Mental Health among Paramedics from Australia and Saudi Arabia: A Comparison Study
Clocks & Sleep, 2020 Paramedics face many challenges while on duty, one of which is working different types of shifts. Shift work has been linked to a number of health issues such as insomnia, depression, and anxiety.
Wahaj Anwar A. Khan +5 more
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Understanding the roles and work of paramedics in primary care: a national cross-sectional survey
BMJ Open, 2022 Objectives This research aimed to fill a current knowledge gap, namely the current scope of clinical role of paramedics in primary care, in relation to specific constructs such a level of education and clinical experience.Setting The survey was ...
Jason Oke +5 more
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Driver Behaviors of 112 Emergency Medical Services Personnel
Eurasian Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2020 Aim:The purpose of this study is to determine the driver behaviors of emergency health personnel driving ambulances.Materials and Methods:This descriptive study included ambulance drivers at the İzmir 112 Emergency Medical Services Department.
Sinan Yenal +2 more
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Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, 2023 Purpose: To determine the level of awareness and knowledge about glaucoma surgery and post-surgery counseling amongst paramedical staff at a tertiary eye-care hospital.
Rakesh Shakya +8 more
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