Extended training of ambulance staff in England

Wright, Ken

doi:10.1016/0277-9536(85)90059-0

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“…3 Indeed it has been widely shown that it is possible to teach ambulance staff to carry out the extended trained skills of endotracheal intubation, intravenous infusion and ventricular defibrillation. 4 Even some retail outlets and airlines are providing staff training and equipment for defibrillation.…”

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Appropriateness of a Resuscitation Council (UK) advanced life support course for primary care dentists

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Objectives To investigate whether a standard Resuscitation Council (UK) ALS course is appropriate for primary care dentists or whether a course should be specifically designed for dentists. Design Opinions canvassed by pre-course expectation and post-course evaluation questionnaires. Subjects 23 West Pennine primary care dentists providing a general anaesthetic or conscious sedation service who attended an ALS course. Results Knowledge and skills were rated on a 5-point scale from 1 (not important at all) to 5 (extremely important). Basic airway management (mean = 5) and anaphylaxis (mean = 4.9) scored the highest on the 'expectation' questionnaire. Rhythm recognition (P < 0.001), defibrillation (P = 0.007) and arrest algorithms (P = 0.047) were rated as significantly more important after the course than before. Knowledge about rhythm disorder management, cardiac pacing, post-resuscitation care, blood gas interpretation and bereavement were not considered to be so important either before or after the course. Conclusions Despite rating some aspects as unimportant, all dentists stated that this course had been appropriate. They did not want a specially designed ALS course for dentistry. Taking exactly the same recognised course and assessments as other healthcare professionals and gaining the same certification was felt to be important to this group of dentists.

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Appropriateness of a Resuscitation Council (UK) advanced life support course for primary care dentists

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“…In 1979, the Medical Commission on Accident Prevention argued for ALS skilled ambulance clinicians to manage patients with trauma 9. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Chamberlain, building on Pantridge's groundbreaking work, successfully used ALS-trained ambulance clinicians for prehospital cardiac arrest 10.…”

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A review of key national reports to describe the development of paramedic education in England (1966–2014)

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“…Many of the patients successfully treated with an advanced technique might have survived had only standard techniques been available, a problem to which Wright drew attention when constructing his estimates. 8 The earlier estimates may have taken insufficient account of this factor.…”

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Early emergency care study: the potential and benefits of advanced prehospital care.

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Ledingham³

et al. 1987

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Of 26358 patients taken by ambulance to the accident and emergency departments of two large hospitals, 1185 were admitted to resuscitation areas. The scope for ambulance staffto employ a range of advanced techniques at the scene of incidents was assessed by using information relating to the condition of patients when they were picked up by the ambulance and on admission, time in transit, details from hospital records, and outcome at three months. For non-survivors further assessment was made of the benefit, in terms of survival, which might have accrued had advanced techniques been used.The results of the assessment of benefit were compared with estimates of benefit from other studies. In cases of cardiopulmonary arrest the potential to save lives was less optimistic than earlier estimates, and in cases of trauma the potential to save lives was negligible.

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Extended training of ambulance staff in England

Cited by 4 publications

References 12 publications

Appropriateness of a Resuscitation Council (UK) advanced life support course for primary care dentists

Appropriateness of a Resuscitation Council (UK) advanced life support course for primary care dentists

A review of key national reports to describe the development of paramedic education in England (1966–2014)

Early emergency care study: the potential and benefits of advanced prehospital care.

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