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Prevalence, causes and consequences of compassion satisfaction and compassion fatigue in emergency care: a mixed-methods study of UK NHS Consultants

4 Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing & Midwifery King's College London, London, UK Correspondence to Dr Sunil Dasan, Emergency Department, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 0QT, ...
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Human factors in prehospital research: lessons from the PARAMEDIC trial

Background There is an urgent need to develop prehospital research capability in order to improve the care of patients presenting to emergency medical services (EMS). The Prehospital Randomised ...
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Traumatic lacerations: what are the risks for infection and has the ‘golden period’ of laceration care disappeared?

1 Department of Surgery/Emergency Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, USA 2 Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA 3 ...
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Evaluation of the provision of helicopter emergency medical services in Europe

Correspondence to Dr Jan O Jansen, Center for Injury Sciences, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294, USA; jjansen{at}uabmc.edu Background Helicopter emergency medical services ...
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Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles

The sixth paper in this series discusses the design and principles of randomised controlled trials. This paper discusses various key features of RCT design, with particular emphasis on the validity of ...
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Clinical navigation for beginners: the clinical utility and safety of the Paramedic Pathfinder

North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Bolton, Greater Manchester, UK Correspondence to Mark Newton, North West Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Ladybridge Hall, 399 Chorley New Road, Bolton, Greater ...
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Does the Manchester triage system detect the critically ill?

BACKGROUND: The Manchester triage system (MTS) is now widely used in UK accident and emergency (A&E) departments. No clinical outcome studies have yet been published to validate the system. Safety of ...
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Feasibility of administering the Patient-Reported Outcome Measure for Older People living with frailty receiving Acute Care (PROM-OPAC) in older people with cognitive impairment ...
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Association between delays to patient admission from the emergency department and all-cause 30-day mortality

Background Delays to timely admission from emergency departments (EDs) are known to harm patients. Objective To assess and quantify the increased risk of death resulting from delays to inpatient ...
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Prehospital interventions: time wasted or time saved? An observational cohort study of management in initial trauma care

Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands Dr A N Ringburg, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, Department of ...
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Contemporary UK paramedical training and education. How do we train? How should we educate?

Objective: To develop an understanding of the current system and future development of training and education within a large UK ambulance trust, based upon the experiences, beliefs, and opinions of ...
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1767 A survey to define the pre-hospital blood resuscitation practices of UK Air Ambulances

Aims, Objectives and Background The use of pre-hospital blood components in the early resuscitation of patients with life-threatening bleeding is becoming more common. Understanding the national ...