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Recommendation for changes to the guidelines of trauma patients with potential spinal injury within a regional UK ambulance trust. 建议改变指导方针的创伤患者与潜在的脊柱损伤在区域英国救护车信托。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.12.7.3.59
Alan Cowley, Magnus Nelson, Claire Hall, Simon Goodwin, Dhushyanthan Surendra Kumar, Fionna Moore
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Is there an association between 30-day mortality and adrenaline infusion rates in post-ROSC patients? A retrospective observational analysis. rosc后患者30天死亡率与肾上腺素输注率之间是否存在关联?回顾性观察性分析。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.12.7.3.1
Peter Owen, Martyn Sherriff
{"title":"Is there an association between 30-day mortality and adrenaline infusion rates in post-ROSC patients? A retrospective observational analysis.","authors":"Peter Owen, Martyn Sherriff","doi":"10.29045/14784726.2022.12.7.3.1","DOIUrl":"10.29045/14784726.2022.12.7.3.1","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Revised guidelines for the management of cardiac arrest have placed greater emphasis on early defibrillation and closed chest compressions; subsequently there has been a significant rise in the number of patients gaining a return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). As a consequence, emergency medical services have realised the importance of therapies delivered during this phase of care. In some Trusts this includes the use of inotropic agents to augment the cardiovascular system and maintain adequate cerebral and coronary perfusion pressures to mitigate the effects of post-cardiac arrest syndrome. Currently, limited evidence exists with regards to the efficacy of such treatments in the pre-hospital phase.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Retrospective observational analysis of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients who received an adrenaline infusion by critical care paramedics. Infusion rates, time of call (ToC) to ROSC and 30-day mortality were compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over a 2-year period, 202 patients were recorded as having an adrenaline infusion commenced. Of these, 25 were excluded as they did not meet criteria or had incomplete data and 22 were excluded as the infusion was stopped at scene; 155 patients were admitted to hospital. There were no survivors in the non-shockable group and three survivors in the shockable group at 30 days. A rare events analysis found no relationship between infusion rate, ToC to ROSC and 30-day mortality (Wald chi2, 1.37).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Commencement of adrenaline infusions in post-ROSC was associated with significant 30-day mortality, especially in non-shockable rhythms. Further research is needed to elucidate whether this intervention has any benefit in the post-ROSC patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":72470,"journal":{"name":"British paramedic journal","volume":"7 3","pages":"1-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9730193/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10400717","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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What are ambulance crews' experiences of using a mechanical chest compression device for out-of-hospital resuscitation? A constructivist qualitative study utilising online focus groups. 救护人员使用机械胸外按压装置进行院外复苏的经验是什么?一项利用在线焦点小组的建构主义定性研究。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.24
Laura Blair, Richelle Duffy
{"title":"What are ambulance crews' experiences of using a mechanical chest compression device for out-of-hospital resuscitation? A constructivist qualitative study utilising online focus groups.","authors":"Laura Blair,&nbsp;Richelle Duffy","doi":"10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.24","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.24","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Mechanical chest compression devices (MCCDs) provide chest compressions mechanically to a person in cardiac arrest. Those chest compressions would usually be provided manually. Previous studies into the use of MCCDs have focused on the quantitative outcomes, with little emphasis on the qualitative experiences of those using MCCDs.</p><p><strong>Purpose: </strong>To collect and report ambulance crews' experiences of using MCCDs for out-of-hospital resuscitation attempts.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The philosophical approach was constructivist, the methodology qualitative and the data collection method online focus groups. Convenience sampling was used to recruit participants who met the inclusion criteria, which broadly were to have experience of using MCCDs for out-of-hospital resuscitation. There have been two types of MCCD used locally. Participants were included regardless of which type of device they had experience of. Similarly, participants were included whether they had active or passive experience of the devices. The focus groups were recorded, fully transcribed and then analysed using constant comparison.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Four selective codes emerged. These were factors directly affecting ambulance crew members; practicalities of a resuscitation attempt; ambulance crew members' perceptions, experiences and thoughts; negatives of MCCDs.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The main perceptions arising from the participants' discussion in this work were that MCCD use could potentially provide psychological protection to ambulance crew members when reflecting on resuscitation attempts, and participants felt there is an overall reduction of cognitive load for ambulance crew members when using MCCDs for resuscitation attempts. There were particularly timely benefits expressed of MCCDs easing the physical fatigue of a resuscitation attempt when responding wearing personal protective equipment, as has been required during the COVID-19 pandemic. MCCDs were felt to be of benefit when transporting a patient in cardiac arrest but differences were expressed as to whether the LUCAS-2 in particular helps or hinders extrication of a patient.</p>","PeriodicalId":72470,"journal":{"name":"British paramedic journal","volume":"7 2","pages":"24-30"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662154/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10133473","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Using natural language processing in facilitating pre-hospital telephone triage of emergency calls. 利用自然语言处理促进院前紧急电话分诊。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.31
Kevin Gormley, Katy Lockhart, Jolly Isaac
{"title":"Using natural language processing in facilitating pre-hospital telephone triage of emergency calls.","authors":"Kevin Gormley,&nbsp;Katy Lockhart,&nbsp;Jolly Isaac","doi":"10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.31","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.31","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Natural language processing (NLP) is an area of computer science that involves the use of computers to understand human language and semantics (meaning) and to offer consistent and reliable responses. There is good evidence of significant advancement in the use of NLP technology in dealing with acutely ill patients in hospital (such as differential diagnosis assistance, clinical decision-making and treatment options). Further technical development and research into the use of NLP could enable further improvements in the quality of pre-hospital emergency care. The aim of this literature review was to explore the opportunities and potential obstacles in implementing NLP during this phase of emergency care and to question if NLP could contribute towards improving the process of nature of call screening (NoCS) to enable earlier recognition of life-threatening situations during telephone triage of emergency calls.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A systematic search strategy using two electronic databases (CINAHL and MEDLINE) was conducted in December 2021. The PRISMA systematic approach was used to conduct a review of the literature, and selected studies were identified and used to support a critical review of the actual and potential use of NLP for the call-taking phase of emergency care.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>An initial search offered 204 records: 23 remained after eliminating duplicates and a consideration of title and abstracts. A further 16 full-text articles were deemed ineligible (not related to the subject under investigation), leaving seven included studies. Following a thematic review of these studies two themes emerged, that are considered individually and together: (i) use of NLP for dealing with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and (ii) responding to increased accuracy of NLP.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>NLP has the potential to reduce or eliminate human bias during the emergency triage assessment process and contribute towards improving triage accuracy in pre-hospital decision-making and an early identification and categorisation of life-threatening conditions. Evidence to date is mostly linked to cardiac arrest identification; this review proposes that during the call-taking phase NLP should be extended to include further medical emergencies (including fracture/trauma, stroke and ketoacidosis). Further research is indicated to test the reliability of these findings and a proportionate introduction of NLP simultaneous with increased quality and reliability.</p>","PeriodicalId":72470,"journal":{"name":"British paramedic journal","volume":"7 2","pages":"31-37"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662158/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10124876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 1
The impact of COVID-19 on emergency medical service-led out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation: a qualitative study. COVID-19对急诊医疗服务主导的院外心脏骤停复苏的影响:一项定性研究。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.8
Ali Coppola, Kim Kirby, Sarah Black, Ria Osborne
{"title":"The impact of COVID-19 on emergency medical service-led out-of-hospital cardiac arrest resuscitation: a qualitative study.","authors":"Ali Coppola,&nbsp;Kim Kirby,&nbsp;Sarah Black,&nbsp;Ria Osborne","doi":"10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.8","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Following the emergence of COVID-19, there have been local and national changes in the way emergency medical service (EMS) staff respond to and treat patients in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). The views of EMS staff on the impact of COVID-19 and management of OHCA have not previously been explored. This study aimed to explore the views of staff, with a specific focus on communication during resuscitation, resuscitation procedures and the perception of risk.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A qualitative phenomenological enquiry was conducted. A purposive sample of n = 20 participants of various clinical grades was selected from NHS EMS providers in the United Kingdom. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews, transcribed verbatim and inductive thematic analysis was applied.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Three main themes emerged which varied according to clinical grade, location and guidelines.Decision making: Staff generally felt supported to make best-interest termination of resuscitation decisions. Staff made informed decisions to compromise on recommended levels of personal protective equipment (PPE), since it felt impractical in the pre-hospital context, to improve communication or to reduce delays to care.Service pressures: Availability of operational staff and in-hospital capacity were reduced. Staff felt pressure and disconnect from the continuous updates to clinical guidelines which resulted in organisational change fatigue.Moral injury: The emotional impacts of prolonged and frequent exposure to failed resuscitation attempts and patient death caused many staff to take time away from work to recover.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This qualitative study is the first known to explore staff views on the impacts of COVID-19 on OHCA resuscitation, which found positive outcomes but also negative impacts important to inform EMS systems. Staff felt that COVID-19 created delays to the delivery of resuscitation, which were multi-faceted. Staff developed new ways of working to overcome the barriers of impractical PPE. There was little impact on resuscitation procedures. Moving forwards, EMS should consider how to limit organisational change and better support the ongoing emotional impacts on staff.</p>","PeriodicalId":72470,"journal":{"name":"British paramedic journal","volume":"7 2","pages":"8-15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662152/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10124877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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An exploration of maternity and newborn exposure, training and education among staff working within the North West Ambulance Service. 对西北救护服务机构工作人员中孕产妇和新生儿接触、培训和教育情况的调查。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.50
Stephanie Heys, Susan Rhind, Joseph Tunn, Kate Shethwood, John Henry
{"title":"An exploration of maternity and newborn exposure, training and education among staff working within the North West Ambulance Service.","authors":"Stephanie Heys, Susan Rhind, Joseph Tunn, Kate Shethwood, John Henry","doi":"10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.50","DOIUrl":"10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.50","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Aim: </strong>Providing emergency and urgent care to pregnant patients and newborns in the pre-hospital setting often presents some of the most challenging and complex incidents attended to by ambulance staff. A service evaluation survey was undertaken to explore current levels of maternity and newborn education, preferred methods of training delivery, exposure and perceived support surrounding maternity and newborn care provision among pre-hospital clinicians working within the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>An online, anonymised survey compromising of 22 questions using multiple choice options and free-text questions was circulated among NWAS staff between 27 May 2021 and 21 June 2021. Questions explored the levels of training, education, exposure and confidence relating to maternal and newborn care in the pre-hospital setting. Insights into preferred approaches to engaging with continuing professional development (CPD) activities were also captured. Data were analysed using built-in Microsoft Forms analytics for quantitative response, with a basic thematic analysis undertaken to synthesise qualitative responses.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The survey received 509 responses, with data providing valuable insight relating to gaps in training provision, preferred approaches to CPD and barriers to engagement. Key themes focused on 'pre-registration standards and variations', 'barriers and facilitators to continuing professional development' and 'exposure and skill decline: confidence and knowledge'.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Areas for service improvement are highlighted, providing ambulance trusts and integrated care systems with key recommendations. These include maternity and newborn standards for education among paramedic science degree programmes; recognition of pre-hospital emergency maternity and newborn care among maternity providers; the need for exposure and regular multidisciplinary team (MDT) skills training for staff; and a collaborative system-led approach to scaling up and delivering MDT training that acknowledges pre-hospital clinicians as key care providers.</p>","PeriodicalId":72470,"journal":{"name":"British paramedic journal","volume":" ","pages":"50-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662155/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40711889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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Paradoxical worsening of bradycardia following atropine administration. 阿托品治疗后心动过缓的矛盾恶化。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.38
Richard Armour, Charmane Learning, Jan Trojanowski
{"title":"Paradoxical worsening of bradycardia following atropine administration.","authors":"Richard Armour,&nbsp;Charmane Learning,&nbsp;Jan Trojanowski","doi":"10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.38","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.38","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Bradyarrhythmias are a common entity in both emergency and out-of-hospital (OOH) medicine. In unstable bradycardic patients, paramedics will often initiate life-saving therapies in the OOH setting. Clinical guidelines for bradyarrhythmias are largely consistent across the globe, with intravenous (IV) atropine recommended as a first-line therapy, escalating to IV adrenaline or isoprenaline and transcutaneous pacing where atropine is unsuccessful. In this case report, we describe a case in the OOH setting of ventricular standstill following the administration of atropine to a patient with bradycardia and 2:1 heart block.</p><p><strong>Case presentation: </strong>The patient was a 77-year-old female presenting with a symptomatic 2:1 heart block. Following a single dose of 600 micrograms IV atropine, the patient deteriorated into ventricular standstill with a loss of consciousness and decorticate posturing. The patient was successfully managed with an IV infusion of adrenaline and subsequently received an implanted pacemaker in hospital.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The paradoxical worsening of this patient's bradycardia following atropine administration may have been related to the location of the heart block. It has been shown that patients with atrioventricular blocks at the level of the His-Purkinje fibres (infranodal) are at an increased risk of adverse events following atropine administration, while those at the nodal level or secondary to increased vagal tone are more likely to respond favourably. Paramedics should be prepared to manage unexpected adverse events secondary to atropine administration in patients with heart block.</p>","PeriodicalId":72470,"journal":{"name":"British paramedic journal","volume":"7 2","pages":"38-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662156/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10124875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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The pre-hospital 12-lead electrocardiogram is associated with longer delay and worse outcomes in patients presenting to emergency medical services with acute stroke: a linked cohort study. 院前12导联心电图与急诊急诊急性卒中患者延迟时间更长和预后更差相关:一项相关队列研究
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.16
Scott Munro, Debbie Cooke, Mark Joy, Adam Smith, Kurtis Poole, Laurence Perciato, Janet Holah, Ottilia Speirs, Tom Quinn
{"title":"The pre-hospital 12-lead electrocardiogram is associated with longer delay and worse outcomes in patients presenting to emergency medical services with acute stroke: a linked cohort study.","authors":"Scott Munro,&nbsp;Debbie Cooke,&nbsp;Mark Joy,&nbsp;Adam Smith,&nbsp;Kurtis Poole,&nbsp;Laurence Perciato,&nbsp;Janet Holah,&nbsp;Ottilia Speirs,&nbsp;Tom Quinn","doi":"10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.16","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To investigate the association between pre-hospital 12-lead electrocardiogram (PHECG) use in patients presenting to emergency medical services (EMS) with acute stroke, and clinical outcomes and system delays.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Multi-centre linked cohort study. Patients with verified acute stroke admitted to hospital via EMS were identified through routinely collected hospital data and linked to EMS clinical records via EMS unique identifiers. Ordinal and logistic regression analyses were undertaken to analyse the relationship between having a PHECG and modified Rankin Scale (mRS); hospital mortality; pre-hospital time intervals; door-to-scan and door-to-needle times; and rates of thrombolysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 1161 eligible patients admitted between 29 December 2013 and 30 January 2017, PHECG was performed in 558 (48%). PHECG was associated with an increase in mRS (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.30, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.01-1.66, p = 0.04) and hospital mortality (aOR 1.83, 95% CI 1.26-2.67, p = 0.002). There was no association between PHECG and administration of thrombolytic treatment (aOR 1.06, 95% CI 0.75-1.52, p = 0.73). Patients who had PHECG recorded spent longer under the care of EMS (median 49 vs 43 minutes, p = 0.006). No difference in times to receiving brain scan (median 28 with PHECG vs 29 minutes no PHECG, p = 0.32) or thrombolysis (median 46 vs 48 minutes, p = 0.37) were observed.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The PHECG was associated with worse outcomes and longer delays in patients with acute ischaemic stroke.</p>","PeriodicalId":72470,"journal":{"name":"British paramedic journal","volume":"7 2","pages":"16-23"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662160/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10133474","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 3
Identity, positionality and reflexivity: relevance and application to research paramedics. 身份、位置和反身性:对护理人员研究的相关性和应用。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.43
Caitlin Wilson, Gillian Janes, Julia Williams
{"title":"Identity, positionality and reflexivity: relevance and application to research paramedics.","authors":"Caitlin Wilson,&nbsp;Gillian Janes,&nbsp;Julia Williams","doi":"10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.43","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.43","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This article introduces the reader to the concepts of identity, positionality and reflexivity and outlines their relevance to research paramedics. We outline how a researcher's identity and positionality can influence all aspects of research, including the research question, study design, data collection and data analysis. We discuss that the 'insider' position of paramedics conducting research with other paramedics or within their specific clinical setting has considerable benefits to participant access, understanding of data and dissemination, while highlighting the difficulties of role duality and power dynamics. While positionality is concerned with the researcher clearly stating their assumptions relating to the research topic, the research design, context and process, as well as the research participants; reflexivity involves the researcher questioning their assumptions and finding strategies to address these. The researcher must reflect upon the way the research is carried out and explain to the reader how they moved through the research processes to reach certain conclusions, with the aim of producing a trustworthy and honest account of the research. Throughout this article, we provide examples of how these concepts have been considered and applied by a research paramedic while conducting their PhD research studies within a pre-hospital setting, to illustrate how they can be applied practically.</p>","PeriodicalId":72470,"journal":{"name":"British paramedic journal","volume":" ","pages":"43-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662153/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40711890","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 13
Correction to published conflict of interest statement in 'Babies delivered by ambulance clinicians in the North East of England: a service evaluation'. 更正“英格兰东北部救护车临床医生接生的婴儿:一项服务评估”中发表的利益冲突声明。
British paramedic journal Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.29045/14784726.2022.09.7.2.58
Graham McClelland
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