Paramedic

A young patient involved in a car accident found him breathing and with no mention of head trauma or evisceration. He has an open fracture and is losing much blood. Which is the best way to transport a trauma patient?

Basic wounds are not the hardest to treat, in general. However, what about a basic wound in austere environment? A simple wound can turn out to be lethal if not treated and managed in a short time with an efficient first aid. And the…

This article describes the design and protocol of the Head Injury Retrieval Trial (HIRT) which is a randomised controlled single centre trial of physician prehospital care (delivering advanced interventions such as rapid sequence intubation…

East England Ambulance Service advertising for people who are interested in becoming a student paramedic. If you've not yet applied and think this is the career for you - EEAS NHS like to hear from you. One of the benefits of this in-house…

Dublin ambulance row between council and HSE dates to 2010 - The HSE, which delivers ambulance services across the State outside Dublin, and to some extent in Dublin too, has been consolidating its National Ambulance Service into a…

Paramedics frequently have to make judgment calls outside the specific framework of protocols or guidelines. When paramedics make a judgment call they would like to be guided by ethical principles and supported by law. Applied…

A&E’s NIGHTWATCH is the #1 new cable non-fiction series in 2015 to date among ages 18 to 49.1 Paramedics and professionist are really impressed with the quality of this new series, its depiction of the fast-paced action in the City…

Tachycardia simply means a faster heart rate than normal.  With the sinoatrial node, which is the heart's inborn pacemaker, the intrinsic rate is between 60 and 100 beats per minute.  When the rate exceeds 100 beats per minute, tachycardia…

South Central Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust, covers the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire and Oxfordshire. The Trust covers an area of circa 4,600 square miles with a resident population of approximately 4…

A whistleblower paramedic has been banned from two hospitals after he spoke out about overcrowding in A&E. Stuart Gardner, of West Midlands Ambulance Service, received the ban after telling the BBC under-pressure emergency units were…