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Social Prestige of the Paramedic Profession [PDF]
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2021 Background: There is a lack of research on social image, prestige, and the position of the paramedic profession in the social structure. The main objective of the study was to determine the place of the paramedic profession in the hierarchy of prestige of professions as viewed by the public.
Anita Majchrowska +6 more
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, 2023 The core role of paramedics is to provide emergencybasedcare and connect individuals to more specializedcare. Paramedics are tasked with a significant responsibilityand a large scope of practice that has steadilyincreased in recent years: today, the role of paramedicsacross Canada often includes many other formsof community-based care.
Rowland, Emily, Brydges, Madison
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Public perception of female paramedics at King Abdulaziz Medical City, Saudi Arabia
International Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2018 Background Although emergency medical service (EMS) providers recognize that both male and female paramedics are necessary, Saudi EMSs are currently fully staffed by men.
Nesrin Alharthy +5 more
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Journal of the College of Community Physicians, 2018 Background: Hepatitis is a systemic infection with major pathology in the liver mainly due to hepatitis B virus (HBV). It can cause acute and chronic infections while some patients never get rid of the virus and develop cirrhosis of the liver or liver ...
Prakash Pant +2 more
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Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians Open, 2022 Introduction Correctly identifying people with suspected stroke is essential for ensuring rapid treatment. Our aims were to determine the sensitivity of emergency dispatcher and paramedic identification of patients with stroke, the factors associated ...
Amminadab L. Eliakundu +13 more
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The Use of Virtual Reality in Training Paramedics for a Mass Casualty Incident
Applied Sciences, 2022 This paper presents the design of a virtual reality learning module inspired by the exercises of healthcare professionals and its limitations as a result of action research carried out by the authors’ collective.
Alena Lochmannová +5 more
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Archives of Medical Science, 2023 Introduction Sleep disorders can develop as a result of exposure to stressors. The outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic was an additional source of stress for paramedics, due to the fear of the unknown nature of the new pathogen.
Kamil Piotr Marczewski +6 more
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Risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens in paramedics
Medycyna Pracy, 2018 Paramedics constitute a group of professionals who are constantly exposed to potentially infectious biological material through frequent and close contact with patients, possibly resulting in occupationally acquired infections.
Maria Gańczak, Katarzyna Topczewska
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Airway, 2021 Background: Supraglottic airway devices (SADs) are used to keep the upper airway open and to provide unobstructed ventilation. The recent addition to SADs is the laryngeal tube (LT).
Ananda Bangera +3 more
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“Paramedics are only a driver,” The lived experience of Iranian paramedics from patient handover: A qualitative study [PDF]
Journal of Research Development in Nursing and Midwifery, 2023 Background: Patient handover in the emergency department (ED) is a 2-way communication process between the paramedics and in-hospital emergency personnel, which can result in miscommunication and delivery challenges. This study aimed to explore the lived
Hadi Hassankhani +3 more
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