Links - Prehospital Research Support Site

Links
Clinical Audit
- Clinical Audit Support Centre UK
- NICE Clinical Audit Guidelines (PDF) UK
Clinical Practice Guidelines & Care Standards
- Alabama EMS Protocols USA
- Alberta EMS Provincial Medical Control Protocols AB Canada [PDF]
- Ambulance Service of New South Wales Protocols & Pharmacology Australia
- Ambulance Victoria Clinical Guidelines Australia
- American Heart Association ECC Statements & Guidelines USA
- Australian Capital Territory Clinical Management Guidelines Australia
- British Columbia Treatment Guides BC Canada
- Canadian Prehospital Evidence Based Practice
- Emergency Treatment Guidelines MB Canada
- European Resuscitation Council Guidelines
- HPCSA Emergency Care Guidelines South Africa
- HPSC Emergency Management of Injuries Guidelines Ireland
- ILCOR Guidelines & Statements
- Japan Resuscitation Council Guidelines Japan
- JRCALC Guidelines UK
- Maryland EMS Protocols USA
- Massachusetts Office of Emergency Medical Services Treatment Protocols USA
- Ministry of Health & Long Term Care Patient Care Standards ON Canada
- New Zealand Resuscitation Council Guidelines New Zealand
- North Dakota Dept of Health EMS Protocols USA
- Nova Scotia Clinical Policies NS Canada
- Pennslyvania EMS Protocols USA
- PHECC Clinical Practice Guidelines Ireland
- Queensland Ambulance Service Clinical Guidelines Australia
- Resuscitation Council UK Guidelines UK
- Saskatchewan Protocol Manuals SK Canada
- Surviving Sepsis Campaing Guidelines
- Wellington Free Ambulance Clinical Services Guidelines New Zealand
Clinical Trials & Studies
- ASSENT-3: The Assessment of the Safety and Efficacy of a New Thrombolytic Regimen (ASSENT)-3 PLUS Randomized Trial in Acute Myocardial Infarction
- CAPTIM: Impact of Time to Treatment on Mortality After Prehospital Fibrinolysis or Primary Angioplasty
- CRASH: Corticosteroid Randomisation After Significant Head Injury
- CRASH 2: randomised placebo controlled trial among trauma patients with, or at risk of, significant haemorrhage, of the effects of antifibrinolytic treatment on death and transfusion requirement
- CRASH 3: Tranexamic acid for the treatment of significant traumatic brain injury: an international randomised, double blind placebo controlled trial
- FAST-MAG: Field Administration of Stroke Therapy–Magnesium (FAST–MAG) Pilot Trial
- IMPACT: International Mission for Prognosis and Analysis of Clinical Trials in TBI
- REACT: Rapid Early Action for Coronary Treatment (REACT) is a multicenter, randomized community trial designed to reduce patient delay
- Trial Results Centre: knowledge database that collects the results of randomized clinical trials and provides dynamic interactive systematic reviews and meta-analysis in cardiology.
- TTM: Targeted Temperature Management is a trial investigating induced hypothermia in unconscious survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest of presumed cardiac cause.
Conduct & Ethics
- Alberta College of Paramedics Code of Ethics AB Canada
- Health & Care Professions Council Standards of Conduct, Performance and Ethics UK
- Health Professions Council of South Africa Ethical Rules of Conduct South Africa
- National Association of EMTs Code of Ethics USA
- Newfoundland & Labrador Paramedic Code of Values & Ethics NL Canada
- Paramedic Association of Manitoba Code of Ethics MB Canada
- Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council Code of Professional Conduct and Ethics Ireland
- Student Paramedics Australasia Code of Conduct Australia & NZ
CPD
- CPDme – CPDme offer an easy to use continuing professional development (CPD) portfolio builder and FREE mobile application, developed by Health & Social Care professionals. Using the CPDme structured online portfolio builder is a simple, manageable way of maintaining an accurate record of your professional development.
- CPD Portfolio Builder – Whether you are just starting out with recording your CPD, or have an impending audit or appraisal, this website will help you get organised.
- Proactive Paramedic – For U.K. paramedics, this website is all you need to maintain your C.P.D. portfolio to the H.C.P.C. standards.
- Paramedic Resource Centre – resources for student and practicing paramedics.
Critical Care Links
Educational Standards & Curricula
Epidemiology & Public Health
Evidence Based Research Databases
- ACP Smart Medicine
- Best Evidence Topics (BestBETS)
- BMJ Clinical Evidence
- BMJ & McMaster Evidence Updates
- Canadian Prehospital Evidence Based Practice
- Clinical Key
- Cochrane Library (or use search box in left sidebar)
- Cochrane Pre-hospital and Emergency Care Field
- DynaMed – free trial
- Evidence Search UK
- JAMAEvidence
- Joanna Briggs Institute
- Lenus.ie – repository of Irish health information consisting of journal articles, official publications
- Lexicomp – free trial
- National Guideline Clearing House
- NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries
- PubMed Clinical Queries
- RXFiles
- Trip Database Evidence Search
- Up-To-Date (or use search box in left sidebar)
- WikiEM
FOAM Resources
- ALiEM
- AmboFOAM
- BroomeDocs
- Crashing patient
- Critical Care Reviews
- Don’t Forget the Bubbles (Paediatrics)
- EMCrit
- Emergency Medicine Ireland
- FOAMcc Community
- HarrisCPD
- Intensive Care Network
- iTeachEM
- Kangaroo Island Doc
- Life In The Fast Lane
- Ontario Medic
- PHARM
- Proactive Paramedic – For U.K. paramedics, this website is all you need to maintain your C.P.D. portfolio to the H.C.P.C. standards.
- ResusME
- Rogue Medic
- ruraldoctors.net
- Skeptics Guide to EM
- St. Emelyns
- The Sono Cave
- Trauma.org
Journals
- Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
- British Medical Journal
- Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Canadian Paramedicine
- Circulation
- Emergency Medicine Journal
- Heart
- International Journal of Paramedic Practice
- Journal of Emergency Medical Services
- Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health
- Journal of Paramedic Practice
- Landes Bioscience Journal List
- Read by QXMD – a single place to discover new research, read outstanding topic reviews and search PubMed.
- The Internet Journal of Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine
Magazines & Periodicals
- Ambulance Today
- Ambulance UK
- Emergency Services Ireland
- Emergency Times Magazine Ireland
- PHECC Voice – newsletter of the Irish Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (EMS regulator)
Medication Databases
- British National Formulary
- Epocrates
- Lexicomp – free trial
- RXFiles
Open Access Journals
Organisations
- American Heart Association USA
- Centre for Evidence Based Medicine UK
- Centre for Paramedic Education & Research ON Canada
- Centre for Prehospital Research, University of Limerick Ireland
- Center for Research on Emergency Medical Services USA
- Cochrane Pre-hospital and Emergency Care Field
- College of Paramedics UK
- Dalhousie University Division of EMS NS Canada
- European Resuscitation Council
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) UK
- Health Information and Quality Authority Ireland
- Health Services Executive Library Ireland
- Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
- International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation
- Irish College of Paramedics Ireland
- Irish Heart Foundation Ireland
- John Petropoulos Memorial Fund Canada
- Joint Emergency Services Interoperability Programme (JESIP) UK
- Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee (JRCALC) UK
- National Center for Emergency Medicine Informatics UK
- Northern Ireland Ambulance Service NI
- Paramedic Network at Liverpool John Moores University UK
- Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) Ireland
- Prehospital, Resuscitation and Emergency Care Research Unit (PRECRU) Australia
- Pre-hospital, Emergency and Trauma Unit at Monash University Australia
- Pre-hospital Research Forum Australia
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine Database UK
- Resuscitation Council UK
- Society for Prehospital Educators in Canada Canada
- St. John New Zealand Centre for Prehospital Research New Zealand
- Sunnybrook Center for Prehospital Medicine ON Canada
- Trauma Audit & Research Network (TARN)
- Trauma.org
- World Health Organisation
Paramedic Associations & Organisations
- Alberta College of Paramedics Alberta, Canada
- Ambulance New Zealand New Zealand
- Ambulance Paramedics of British Columbia BC Canada (union)
- Asian EMS Council
- Association of Professional Ambulance Personnel UK
- College of Paramedics UK
- International Association of EMTs & Paramedics USA (union)
- International Association of Flight & Critical Care Paramedics
- Irish College of Paramedics Ireland
- Irish Fire and Emergency Services Association Ireland (union)
- National Ambulance Service Representative Association Ireland (union)
- New Zealand Paramedic Education & Research Charitable Trust New Zealand
- North Carolina Association of Rescue & E.M.S USA
- Ontario Paramedic Association ON Canada
- Oregon EMS Association USA
- Paramedic Association of Canada Canada
- Paramedic Association of Manitoba MB Canada
- Paramedic Association of New Brunswick NB Canada
- Paramedic Association of Newfoundland and Labrador NL Canada
- Paramedics Australasia Australia
- Professional Paramedics Association of Ottawa ON Canada
- San Fransisco Paramedic Association USA
- South African Private Ambulance & Emergency Services Association South Africa
- Toronto Paramedic Association ON Canada
Paramedic & Prehospital Blogs
Regulatory & Licencing Bodies
- Alberta College of Paramedics Alberta, Canada
- An Bord Altranais – Nursing & Midwifery Board Ireland
- Canadian Organization of Paramedic Regulators Canada
- College of Nurses of Ontario ON Canada
- Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) UK
- Health Professions Council of South Africa (HPCSA) South Africa
- Irish Medical Council Ireland
- Manitoba Health – Emergency Medical Services MB Canada
- Ministry of Health & Long Term Care Emergency Health Services Branch ON Canada
- Ministry of Health Emergency Medical Assistants Licensing Board BC Canada
- Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (PHECC) Ireland
- Provincial Medical Oversight Program NL Canada
- Saskatchewan College of Paramedics SK Canada
Research Databases
- British Nursing Index nursing and midwifery
- CINAHL nursing and allied health
- Clinical Key
- Education Resources Information Centre (ERIC)
- Google Scholar
- Highwire Press @ Stanford University
- Internurse
- Medscape
- NICE Evidence Search
- PubMed biomedicine and nursing (or use search box in left sidebar)
- PubMed Central (PMC)
- Web of Science
- Search Medica
Last modified: 19/04/14