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Ambulance clinicians’ attitudes to older patients’ self‐determination when the patient has impaired decision‐making ability: A Delphi study
Svensson, Anders; Bremer, Anders; Rantala, Andreas; Andersson, Henrik; Devenish, Scott; Williams, Julia; Holmberg, Mats (2021-09-12)Abstract: Objective: The proportion of older people is increasing and reflects in the demand on ambulance services (AS). Patients can be more vulnerable and increasingly dependent, especially when their decision‐making ... -
Attitudes to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillator use: a survey of UK adults in 2017
Hawkes, Claire; Brown, T.P.; Booth, S; Fothergill, Rachael; Siriwardena, A. Niroshan; Zakaria, S; Askew, S; Williams, Julia; Rees, Nigel; Ji, C; Perkins, Gavin (2019-04-02)Background-Bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and public access defibrillator (PAD) use can save the lives of people who experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Little is known about the proportions of UK ... -
Broadening Responsibilities: Consideration Of The Potential To Broaden The Role Of Uniformed Fire Service Employees
Williams, Julia; Newton, A.; Talbot, John; Skedgel, Chris; Herbland, Anthony; Skinner, Annie; Mikrut, T; Willmore, Ian; Jones, Kathy (National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services, 2017-01-31)What is this report about? This report, commissioned by the National Joint Council for Local Authority Fire and Rescue Services (NJC), aims to identify what impact, if any, firefighters can have on the delivery of emergency ... -
Building an understanding of Ethnic minority people’s Service Use Relating to Emergency care for injuries: the BE SURE study protocol
Baghdadi, Fadi; Evans, Bridie Angela; Goodacre, Steve; John, Paul Anthony; Hettiarachchi, Thanuja; John, Ann; Lyons, Ronan A; Porter, Alison; Safari, Solmaz; Siriwardena, Aloysius Niroshan; Snooks, Helen; Watkins, Alan; Williams, Julia; Khanom, Ashrafunnesa (2023-04-25)Introduction: Injuries are a major public health problem which can lead to disability or death. However, little is known about the incidence, presentation, management and outcomes of emergency care for patients with injuries ... -
Challenges and Experiences in Multicenter Prehospital Stroke Research: Narrative Data from the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl Trinitrate in Hypertensive Stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2)
RIGHT-2 Investigators; Dixon, Mark; Williams, Julia; Bath, Philip M (2023-12-19)BACKGROUND: Ambulance services are increasingly research active and the Rapid Intervention with Glyceryl trinitrate in Hypertensive stroke Trial-2 (RIGHT-2) is the largest United Kingdom (UK) ambulance-based randomized ... -
Dietary advice and collaborative working : Do health care professionals have a role?
McClinchy, Jane; Williams, Julia; Gordon, Lynne; Cairns, M.C.; Fairey, Gail (2013)Introduction: Long term health conditions either wholly or partly diet-related continue to increase both nationally and internationally. Health care professionals (HCPs) have a key role to play in the management of patients ... -
Dietary Advice and Collaborative Working : Do Pharmacists and Allied Health Professionals Other Than Dietitians Have a Role?
McClinchy, Jane; Williams, Julia; Gordon, Lynne; Cairns, M.C. (2015-02-12)Long term health conditions either wholly or partly diet-related continue to increase. Although pharmacists and allied health professionals (AHPs) have a role in the management of patients with long term conditions, there ... -
Does Use of the Recognition Of Stroke In the Emergency Room stroke assessment tool enhance stroke recognition by ambulance clinicians
Fothergill, Rachael; Williams, Julia; Edwards, Melanie; Russell, Ian; Gompertz, Patrick (2013-11)Background and Purpose—UK ambulance services assess patients with suspected stroke using the Face Arm Speech Test (FAST). The Recognition Of Stroke In the Emergency Room (ROSIER) tool has been shown superior to the FAST ... -
Effect of Trans-Nasal Evaporative Intra-arrest Cooling on Functional Neurologic Outcome in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest : The PRINCESS Randomized Clinical Trial
Nordberg, Per; Taccone, F.; Truhlar, A.; Forsberg, S.; Hollenberg, J.; Jonsson, M.; Cuny, J.; Goldstein, P.; Vermeersch, N; Higuet, A; Jimenes, F.; Ortiz, F.; Williams, Julia; Desruelles, D; Creteur, J; Dillenback, E.; Busche, C; Busch, Hans-Jorg; Ringh, M.; Konrad, D.; Peterson, J; Vincent, Jean-Louis; Svensson, Leif (2019-05-07)Importance: Therapeutic hypothermia may increase survival with good neurologic outcome after cardiac arrest. Trans-nasal evaporative cooling is a method used to induce cooling, primarily of the brain, during cardiopulmonary ... -
Emergency medical dispatch recognition, clinical intervention and outcome of patients in traumatic cardiac arrest from major trauma : an observational study
Prentice, C.; Jeyanathan, J; de Coverly, Richard; Williams, Julia; Lyon, Richard M. (2018-09-05)OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to describe the demographics of reported traumatic cardiac arrest (TCA) victims, prehospital resuscitation and survival to hospital rate. SETTING: Helicopter Emergency Medical Service ... -
Evaluation of a nurse-paramedic partnership
Dickinson, Angela; Williams, Julia; Widiatmoko, Dono; Kendall, S. (2005) -
An Evaluation of early stage development of rotating paramedic model pilot sites
Turner, Janette; Williams, Julia (Health Education England, 2019-02-01)This report, commissioned by Health Education England, aims to evaluate the development of a rotating paramedic model of care delivery designed to address both the career aspirations of specialist paramedics and the combined ... -
Evaluation of the Advanced Practitioner Roles
Miller, Linda; Cox, A; Williams, Julia (Institute for Employment Studies, 2009)In February 2008 Skills for Health, in partnership with NHS West Midlands, commissioned the Institute for Employment Studies to undertake a national evaluation of five Advanced Practitioner roles introduced under the New ... -
An exploration of the nutritional advice given to patients by Allied Health Professionals
McClinchy, Jane; Gordon, Lynne; Williams, Julia; Fairey, Gail; Cairns, M.C. (2010-08) -
'Family members screaming for help makes it very difficult to don PPE'. A qualitative study on UK ambulance staff experiences of infection prevention and control practices during the COVID-19 pandemic
Eaton-Williams, Peter; Williams, Julia (2024-03-01)BACKGROUND: During the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK, ambulance staff continued to deliver direct patient care whilst simultaneously adapting to a considerable escalation in evolving infection prevention ... -
Heroism and paramedic practice: A constructivist metasynthesis of qualitative research
Rees, Nigel; Williams, Julia; Hogan, Chloe; Smyth, Lauren; Archer, Thomas (2022-11-07)Objectives: We aimed to identify, appraise, and synthesise the qualitative literature to develop theory on heroism and paramedic practice. Hypothesis/research question: What does published literature tell us about heroism ... -
Influence of prehospital airway management on neurological outcome in patients transferred to a heart attack centre following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Edwards, T.; Williams, Julia; Cottee, Michaela (2018-05-11)Objective: To describe the association between prehospital airway management and neurological outcomes in patients transferred by the ambulance service directly to a heart attack centre (HAC) post-return of spontaneous ... -
Live video footage from scene to aid helicopter emergency medical service dispatch : A feasibility study
ter Avest, Ewoud; Lambert, Edward; de Coverley, Richard; Tucker, Harriet; Griggs, Jo; Wilson, Mark; Ghorbangholi, A; Williams, Julia; Lyon, Richard (2019-05-08)Background: Obtaining accurate information from a 112 caller is key to correct tasking of Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS). Being able to view the incident scene via video from a mobile phone may assist HEMS ... -
A multidisciplinary approach to providing nutritional advice : the views and experiences of allied health professionals and dietitians
Doherty, Siobhan; McClinchy, Jane; Gordon, Lynne; Williams, Julia; Fairey, Gail; Cairns, M.C. (2012-09) -
A novel method of non-clinical dispatch is associated with a higher rate of critical Helicopter Emergency Medical Service intervention
Munro, Scott; Joy, M.; de Coverley, Richard; Salmon, Mark; Williams, Julia; Lyon, Richard (2018-09-25)Background - Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) are a scarce resource that can provide advanced emergency medical care to unwell or injured patients. Accurate tasking of HEMS is required to incidents where advanced ...