Dunmow Ambulance Station

Education

As state registration is now upon us it is even more important for us to keep up to date with current trends and information regarding practice.

This area of the site is designed to show, or link to, recent articles which may be of interest:

October 2001

BMJ Many emergency ambulances have communication difficulties

“Over a quarter of emergency ambulance calls in the West Midlands and Derbyshire Ambulance Services in the United Kingdom have some sort of communication difficulties......”

July 1999

Resuscitation Council (UK) - The Emergency Treatment of Anaphylactic Reactions

WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 15 - The American Heart Association today unveiled a major revision of recommendations for cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the treatment of cardiovascular emergencies.

01.08.00

BMJ 2000;321:299 ( 29 July ) Paramedics should delay giving aspirin to patients with stroke

(http://bmj.com/cgi/content/full/321/7256/299)

"The Royal College of Physicians has produced clinical guidelines for stroke.¹ These include recommendations for the treatment of acute stroke. The first recommendation is that 300 mg aspirin should be given as soon as possible after the onset of stroke symptoms (if a diagnosis of haemorrhage is considered unlikely). ………"