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Are Paramedicine Students Experiencing Post-Traumatic Stress as a Result of a Clinical Rotation?

JEMS

The risk of PTSD in paramedicine is significantly higher than it is in the general population.

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How to Become a Community Paramedic

Unitek EMT

Explore the educational pathway, skills, and opportunities in community paramedicine. Community Paramedicine represents a transformative approach to healthcare delivery, particularly in underserved or rural areas where access to healthcare services is often limited.

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The General Paramedic Physical Exam

Irish College of Paramedics

Currently I work in the Middle East, teaching paramedicine. If youre a paramedic (or EMT), or if you think you want to be one, this site is for you. This site is written and maintained by Marc Colbeck. I am a paramedic instructor who worked as a Critical Care Paramedic in Toronto EMS (Canada) for 13 years.

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Telemedicine for Ambulance Crews Has a Future, Despite Fiasco of ET3

Pulsara

Every EMT or paramedic who works out in the field knows that a fair percentage, some might say the majority, of our patients, don’t actually need to go to the emergency room.” Is it safe for this patient to go to urgent care? Can they get a prescription written for a new medicine or refill an existing prescription?

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Differences in Accuracy Between Paramedics and Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) When Identifying Low-Acuity Pediatric Patients

International Journal of Paramedicine

One barrier to including children in such programs is a lack of evidence regarding whether paramedics and emergency medical technicians (EMTs) can accurately identify children with low-acuity complaints. Our primary objective was to compare the accuracy of EMTs to that of paramedics in identifying low-acuity pediatric encounters.

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The Association Between Pandemic-Related Instructional Delivery Modifications and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) First Attempt Pass Rates

International Journal of Paramedicine

The objective of this study was to investigate the impact of alternative instructional methods used for EMT education during the COVID-19 pandemic. Results: The outcomes of 237 EMT students were evaluated. Remote and COVID Hybrid DL models compared to the traditional pre-COVID learning format. odds ratio).

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From the President’s Desk: HEMS in Cork

Irish College of Paramedics

Helicopter EMS in Cork: a paramedicine perspective. Irish Journal of Paramedicine. The recent discussions regarding the crew composition of the proposed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Cork require comment from paramedicine. Reproduced from Knox, S. link] under a CC-BY-NC 4.0