Vol. 18 (2021)

Vol. 18 (2021)

Published January 3, 2021

Editorial

Mal Boyle
Scientific publishing in a pandemic
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COVID-19

Dr. Anastasia Miller, Dr. Lee Warren Brown
Coping mechanism and professional quality of life in northeast Texas EMS personnel during the COVID-19 pandemic: An exploratory study
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Mahmoud Alwidyan, Alaa Oteir, Anas Mohammad, Brett Williams
Are healthcare professionals in Jordan willing to work and provide care for COVID-19 patients?
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Steve Whitfield, Andre Perkins, Sarah Kelly, Hannah Dumbleton
Uncharted waters: the effects of COVID-19 on student paramedics
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Abdulrahman Alqahtani, Saleh Alqahtani, Abdullah Alhodaib, Amin Daoulah, Abdulmajeed Mobarad, Sameer Alhamid, Riyadh Alhazmi
Psychological and social wellbeing of paramedics in Riyadh City during the COVID-19 pandemic
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Alexandra Rengers, Emma Day, Steve Whitfield
Describing a 12-hour ambulance shift during a second wave of COVID-19 in London
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Review

Matt Wilkinson-Stokes
A taxonomy of Australian and New Zealand paramedic clinical roles
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Jennifer Greene, Judah Goldstein, Daniel Lane, Jan Jensen, Yves Leroux, Janel Swain, Dana Fidgen, Ryan Brown, Matthew Simpson, Alix Carter
State of the evidence for emergency medical services care of adult patients with sepsis: an analysis of research from the Prehospital Evidence-based Practice
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Richard Armour, Jennie Helmer
Paramedic-delivered teleconsultations: A scoping review
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Matt Wilkinson-Stokes
Right ventricular myocardial infarction and adverse events from nitrates: A narrative review
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Paige Marie Watkins, Peter Buzzacott, Deon Brink, Stacey Masters, Anne-Marie Hill
Pre-hospital management, injuries and disposition of ambulance attended adults who fall: A scoping review protocol
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Raisuyah Bhagwan
Critical issues underpinning the safe transfer of ill neonates: A review of the literature
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Youri Wijland
Goldilocks in cardiac arrest: A scoping review of invasive hemodynamic monitoring in the pre-hospital setting for getting adrenaline dosing just right
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Dagmar Muhlbauer, Craig Vincent-Lambert, Yoga Coopoo
Emergency care education in South Africa and the unique requirement of physical preparedness: A scoping review
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Alison Coppola, Michael Smyth, Sarah Black, Sasha Johnston, Ruth Endacott
The regional resuscitation guidelines for pulseless electrical activity in emergency medical services in the United Kingdom: a systematic review
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Andy Bell, Sara Hammer, Amy Seymour-Walsh
The role of educational theory in the future development of paramedicine as a profession: An integrative review
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Research

Jason Belcher, Judith Finn, Austin Whiteside, Stephen Ball
‘Is the patient completely alert?’ – accuracy of emergency medical dispatcher determination of patient conscious state
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Jukka Pappinen, Anna Olkinuora, Päivi Laukkanen-Nevala
Medical first response models in rural villages and towns: A simulation study of response times
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Lisa Hobbs, Dr Scott Devenish, Dr David Long, Prof Vivienne Tippett
Facilitators, barriers and motivators of paramedic continuing professional development
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Karen Stewart, Associate Professor Vicki Cope, Dr Melanie Murray
The transition from clinician to manager: the paramedic experience
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James Pearce, Robin Pap, David Moher, Julia Williams, Paul Simpson
Protocol for development of a consensus-based reporting guideline extension for pre-hospital case reports (PREHOSPITAL-CARE)
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Andrew William Makkink, Christopher Owen Alexander Stein, Stevan Raynier Bruijns
The identification of factors contributing to negative handover experiences of pre-hospital emergency care personnel in Johannesburg, South Africa
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Mustafa Zalgaonker, Navindhra Naidoo, Lloyd Christopher
Penetrating injury from interpersonal violence and related haemorrhagic shock resuscitation practices in an urban South African emergency medical service
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Eihab Khasawneh, Cameron Gosling, Brett Williams
The effect of self-efficacy on maths anxiety among paramedic students
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Javad Babaie, Reyhaneh Mostafanejad, Ali Ali Janati, Homayon Sadeghi-Bazargani
Challenges of scene management in traffic collisions from the perspective of road emergency responders in East Azerbaijan, Iran
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Solomon Mthombeni, Prof Coopoo, Habib Noorbhai
Correlation between fitness parameters and an occupational rescue simulation among emergency care providers in North West province, South Africa: A pilot study
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Dr. Adeyemi Ogunade, Dr. Florence Luhanga, Jacquie Messer-Lepage, Khan MD Rashed Al-Mamun
Public perceptions of the cost of paramedic services in Saskatchewan, Canada
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Peyman Saberian, Negin Mousaeinezhad, Parisa Hasani-Sharamin, Hasan Mohammadi, Mahnaz Jamshididana, Alireza Baratloo
Assessing the usefulness of instant feedback and the Hawthorne effect: an audit of time indexes of EMS missions in Tehran
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Abdullah AlAbdali, Nawfal Aljerian, Tamara Alrumayyan, Joud Alwasel, Noura Alsayari, Winnie Philip
Paramedics’ perceptions, knowledge and skills regarding emergency psychiatric patients in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Bronwyn Beovich, Cameron M Gosling, Brett Williams
Lecture attendance among university paramedic students: A sequential mixed methods study
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Pradeep Ashokcoomar, Raisuyah Bhagwan
Towards a safer and more efficient neonatal transfer system in South Africa: A qualitative inquiry with advanced life support paramedics
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Andrew William Makkink, Prof Christopher Stein, Prof Stevan Bruijns
The process of handover in the busy emergency centre: A pre-hospital perspective from Johannesburg, South Africa
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Mahdi Ranjbar, Mina Gaeeni, Mohammad Parvaresh, Amir Hamta
Investigating the effect of the Asayar smart program on ambulance arrival time at the scene
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Anthony Campeau, Maud Huiskamp, Nicole Sykes, Susan Kriening, Scott Bourn, Kritine VanAarsen
An inter-agency expert panel’s prioritisation of clinical quality improvement topics in a paramedic system
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Thavinee Trainarongsakul, Chaiyaporn Yuksen, Phonnita Nakasint, Chetsadakon Jenpanitpong, Thanakorn Laksanamapune
The efficacy of using Google Maps in accessing nearby public automated external defibrillators in Thailand
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Mathieu Grenier, Julia van Vuuren, Evelien Spelten
Enhancing professional practice and professionalism among Canadian rural paramedics
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Mehdi Nasr Isfahani, Mohammad Hadi Hatami, Donya Sheibani Tehrani
Quality of life assessment in pre-hospital and hospital emergency healthcare workers: A pilot study
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Michella Hill, Brennen Mills, Shane Rogers, Leanne Vance, Peggy Dykstra, Lisa Holmes
‘Watson’ the wellness dog: Impact of a wellness dog on emotional wellbeing in undergraduate paramedicine students
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Katie Leigh Mann, Shannon Delport, Robert Stanton, Danielle Every
Exploring resilience in undergraduate and early career paramedics
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Joseph James Acker, Ms Tania Johnston
The demographic and clinical practice profile of Australian remote and industrial paramedics: Findings from a workforce survey
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Reon Conning, Raveen Naidoo, Raisuyah Bhagwan
The preparedness of emergency care providers to deal with death, dying and bereavement in the pre-hospital setting in Dubai
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Peter Buzzacott, Hideo Tohira, Paul Bailey, Glenn Arendts, Stephen Ball, Elizabeth Brown, Judith Finn
Fall from standing height, or greater, and mortality among ambulance-transported patients with major trauma from falls
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Anthony Weber, Shannon Delport, Andrew Hodgetts
Motivating factors influencing student paramedic choice of paramedicine as a career
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Education

Marguerite Claire Sendall, Athena Ng, Laura McCosker
Undergraduate paramedic students’ experience of paramedic tutors teaching public health
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Adam Diamond, Natalia Bilton
The current state on the use of simulation in paramedic education
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Mugsien Rowland, Anthonio Oladele Adefuye, Craig Vincent-Lambert
The need for purposeful teaching, learning and assessment of crisis resource management principles and practices in the undergraduate pre-hospital emergency care curriculum: A narrative literature review
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Shannon Delport, Anthony Weber
Escape rooms in paramedic education
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Commentary

Emma Moore, Dr Steven Obst, Dr Luke Heales, Dr Katie Clift, Dr Robert Stanton
Pre-hospital immobilisation for neck of femur fractures in Australia - a break in the evidence
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Timothy Makrides, Leon Baranowski, Lucas` Hawkes-Frost, Jennie Helmer
Advanced care or advanced life support – what are we providing?
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Andrew Bell, Steve Whitfield
Mentor or tormentor? A commentary on the fractured role of mentoring in paramedicine
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Bryson Galozo, Blair MacDonald
Ethical dilemmas with little time for reflection: A discussion of the ethics of out-of-hospital refusals
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Training Course Review

Shannon Macfarlane, James Pearce
Paediatric Life Support by Advanced Paediatric Life Support, Australia: course review
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Clinician's Corner

Matt Wilkinson-Stokes, Sonja Maria, Marc Colbeck
A comparison of Australasian jurisdictional ambulance services’ clinical practice guidelines series: An introduction
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Matt Wilkinson-Stokes, Desiree Rowland, Maddison Spencer, Sonja Maria, Marc Colbeck
A comparison of Australasian jurisdictional ambulance services’ paramedic clinical practice guidelines series: Adult anaphylaxis
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Matt Wilkinson-Stokes, Desiree Rowland, Maddison Spencer, Sonja Maria, Marc Colbeck
Care in the field: adult anaphylaxis for paramedics
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Matt Wilkinson-Stokes, Elena Ryan, Michael Williams, Maddison Spencer, Sonja Maria, Marc Colbeck
A comparison of Australasian jurisdictional ambulance services’ paramedic clinical practice guidelines series: Adult sepsis
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Conference Abstracts

Liam Bruton
Australasian College of Paramedicine Student Conference (StuCon 2021) Abstracts - Oral and Poster Presentations
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