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Pandemic pupils: COVID-19 and the impact on student paramedics
COVID-19 is having a profound effect on student paramedics. This commentary aims to explore and discuss how student paramedics have been affected by COVID -19 and seeks to identify the perceived impact of this experience.Full ...
Kelly, S +3 more
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Paramedics and scope of practice [PDF]
Free to read on journal website (may need to create free account first)\ud \ud Highly-trained paramedics can initiate the pathway of care that will achieve optimal outcomes for patients\ud \ud The question, posed to me by the Journal’s editorial staff ...
FitzGerald, Gerard J.
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Trained, ready but under-utilised: Using student paramedics during a pandemic
The aim of this commentary is to outline a case for student paramedics as a potential solution to the operational resource issues ambulances services and other healthcare institutions are expected to experience during high demand situations, such as ...
Macquarrie, A, Whitfield, S, Boyle, M
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Fit for duty: The health status of New South Wales Paramedics [PDF]
IntroductionParamedics are health care workers who respond to medical emergencies. Paramedics exhibit high rates of injury and illness with markers of poor health.
Robertson, Caroline +6 more
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Public Healthcare System in Early 20th Century Kalmyk Steppe
Introduction. The article discusses the urgent issue of the development of health care in Kalmyk uluses in the early 20th century. Its relevance is obvious, granted the scarce historiography in the field: very little has been published on the subject ...
Alexander N. Komandzhaev +2 more
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Drowsy and dangerous? Fatigue in paramedics: an overview [PDF]
BackgroundFatigue is a complex phenomenon that has effects on physical characteristics, cognition, behaviours, and physical and mental health. Paramedicine crosses the boundaries of many high-risk industries, namely medicine, transport and aviation.
Johnston, C. William +12 more
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Risk of occupational exposure to blood-borne pathogens in paramedics
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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Medical workers and clerical staff of Laishev Zemstvo
The article focuses on doctors and auxiliary medical personnel of the Laishev District of the Kazan Province in the second half of the 19th – early 20th centuries.
Yelena V. Mironova
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Violence against paramedics – when will it stop?
Welcome to the first issue of the Australasian Journal of Paramedicine for 2016. We start this year’s first editorial with what is making headlines around Australia: acts of violence against paramedics.
Boyle, M, Wallis, J
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Alternative Destination Transport? The Role of Paramedics in Optimal Use of the Emergency Department
Introduction: Alternative destination transportation by emergency medical services (EMS) is a subject of hot debate between those favoring all patients being evaluated by an emergency physician (EP) and those recognizing the need to reduce emergency ...
Michael M. Neeki +7 more
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