Volume 8(4); 2024 Mar 1

Articles from this journal are generally available in PMC after a 12-month delay (embargo); however, the delay may vary at the discretion of the publisher.

Original Research

A qualitative exploration of ambulance clinician behaviour and decision making to identify factors influencing on-scene times for suspected stroke patients in North East England

Abi Alton, Lisa Shaw, Tracy Finch, Christopher Price, Graham McClelland

Br Paramed J. 2024 Mar 1; 8(4): 1–9. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.29045/14784726.2024.3.8.4.1

PMCID:: PMC10910290

Article PDF–368K

The COVID-19 ambulance response assessment (CARA) study: a national survey of ambulance service healthcare professionals’ preparedness and response to the COVID-19 pandemic

Jack William Barrett, Kate Bennett Eastley, Anthony Herbland, Peter Owen, Salman Naeem, Craig Mortimer, James King, Theresa Foster, Nigel Rees, Andy Rosser, Sarah Black, Fiona Bell, Rachael Fothergill, Adam Mellett-Smith, Michelle Jackson, Graham McClelland, Paul Gowens, Robert Spaight, Sandra Igbodo, Martina Brown, Julia Williams

Br Paramed J. 2024 Mar 1; 8(4): 10–20. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.29045/14784726.2024.3.8.4.10

PMCID:: PMC10910287

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 1, 2025; PubMed

Literature Review

Sex differences in the pre-hospital ambulance delay, assessment and treatment of patients with acute coronary syndrome: a rapid evidence review

Holly de Banke Munday, Gregory Adam Whitley

Br Paramed J. 2024 Mar 1; 8(4): 21–29. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.29045/14784726.2024.3.8.4.21

PMCID:: PMC10910288

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 1, 2025; PubMed

Short Report

How consistent are pre-alert guidelines? A review of UK ambulance service guidelines

Aimée Boyd, Fiona C. Sampson, Fiona Bell, Rob Spaight, Andy Rosser, Jo Coster, Mark Millins, Richard Pilbery

Br Paramed J. 2024 Mar 1; 8(4): 30–37. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.29045/14784726.2024.3.8.4.30

PMCID:: PMC10910291

Article PDF–346K

Service Evaluation

Saving ambulance resources: a service evaluation of the identification of non-viable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in London by advanced paramedic practitioners in critical care

Nick Brown, Chelsey Pike

Br Paramed J. 2024 Mar 1; 8(4): 38–43. Published online 2024 Mar 1. doi: 10.29045/14784726.2024.3.8.4.38

PMCID:: PMC10910289

Currently embargoed: Free in PMC on Mar 1, 2025; PubMed

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