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An exploration of the views of paramedics regarding airway management (2016)
Journal Article

© 2016 Brandling et al. Background: Paramedics are a skilled group of clinicians with expertise in airway management. Our research group has completed a trial comparing supraglottic airway devices with tracheal intubation during out of hospital cardi... Read More about An exploration of the views of paramedics regarding airway management.

Why do we shine lights in the eyes of conscious patients after head injury? (2016)
Journal Article

"Personal View", published in the BMJ

Postural modification to the standard Valsalva manoeuvre for emergency treatment of supraventricular tachycardias (REVERT): A randomised controlled trial (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Appelboam et al. Open Access article distributed under the terms of CC BY-ND-NC. Background The Valsalva manoeuvre is an internationally recommended treatment for supraventricular tachycardia, but cardioversion is rare in practice (5-20%), nec... Read More about Postural modification to the standard Valsalva manoeuvre for emergency treatment of supraventricular tachycardias (REVERT): A randomised controlled trial.

Evaluation of an intervention to reduce tidal volumes in ventilated ICU patients (2015)
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Background There is considerable evidence that the use of tidal volumes < 6 ml kg−1 predicted body weight (PBW) reduces mortality in mechanically ventilated patients. We evaluated the effectiveness of using a large screen displaying delivered tidal... Read More about Evaluation of an intervention to reduce tidal volumes in ventilated ICU patients.

PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain: randomised trial (2015)
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© Smith et al 2015. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is better than routine care in providing effective analgesia for patients presenting to emergency departments with moderate to severe non-traumatic abdominal pain.... Read More about PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with non-traumatic abdominal pain: randomised trial.

PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with pain from traumatic injuries: randomised trial (2015)
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© Smith et al 2015. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether patient controlled analgesia (PCA) is better than routine care in patients presenting to emergency departments with moderate to severe pain from traumatic injuries.DESIGN: Pragmatic, multicentre, pa... Read More about PAin SoluTions In the Emergency Setting (PASTIES)--patient controlled analgesia versus routine care in emergency department patients with pain from traumatic injuries: randomised trial.

Airway management during cardiopulmonary resuscitation (2015)
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© 2015 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. Purpose of review This article evaluates the latest scientific evidence regarding airway management during in-hospital and out-of-hospital cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Recent findings In... Read More about Airway management during cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Professionalism and care: The daily bread and butter of a paramedic attending patients who fall (2015)
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Falls occur increasingly frequently with age. 35% of people aged over 65 fall each year rising to 50% at age 85. Many patients fall repeatedly. 56% of patients attending an emergency department were recurrent fallers, and 55% of patients presenting w... Read More about Professionalism and care: The daily bread and butter of a paramedic attending patients who fall.

Paediatric ED reattendance rates: Comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians (2015)
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Objective The aim of this project is to establish the unplanned reattendance rate for paediatric emergency nurse practitioners (PENPs) working in a designated paediatric emergency department (PED) while identifying the case mix of patients seen by PE... Read More about Paediatric ED reattendance rates: Comparing nurse practitioners and other clinicians.

Training on dementia for emergency ambulance staff: Research agenda and opportunities (2015)
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