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Communication in Paramedic Practice published

I was delighted to receive a few copies of ‘Communication in Paramedic Practice’ in the post this week which I recently co-authored with Gjyn OToole[…]

Eastwood et al. Paramedicine – an evolving identity

Eastwood K, Johnson M, Williams J, Batt AM, Tavares W. Paramedicine: An evolving identity. Paramedicine. 2023;20(6):177-180. doi:10.1177/27536386231203401

Mausz et al. Prevalence and Characteristics of Violence against Paramedics in a Single Canadian Site

Mausz, J.; Johnston, M.; Arseneau-Bruneau, D.; Batt, A.M.; Donnelly, E.A. Prevalence and Characteristics of Violence against Paramedics in a Single Canadian Site. Int. J. Environ.[…]

Shannon et al. The advantages and challenges experienced with the implementation and delivery of community paramedicine programmes

Shannon, B; Batt, AM; Eaton, G; Leyenaar, M; O’Meara, P; Barry, T; Lanos, C; Wingrove, G; Williams, B; Nolan, M; Carney, R; Heffern, J; Bowles,[…]

Johnston et al. Barriers and enablers to implementing intranasal ketamine for Primary Care Paramedics in Canada – a parallel convergent mixed methods study.

A team led by Tania Johnston have published a study on intranasal ketamine for PCPs in Paramedicine. Tania led this large-scale project over the past[…]

Bolster et al. The Paramedic Role in Caring for People Who Use Illicit and Controlled Drugs: A Scoping Review

Jennifer Bolster has just had her scoping review related to the paramedic role in substance use accepted for publication in Paramedicine. She completed this as[…]

Batt et al. Canadian Paramedicine Landscape Review and Standards Roadmap

Download the report for free here Executive Summary The paramedic profession in Canada has evolved significantly in the last decade in terms of the professional[…]

Batt et al. Developing the National Occupational Standard for Paramedics in Canada – update 4.

Alan M. Batt, Jennifer Bolster, Pierre Poirier, Jeanne Bank, Michael Austin, Cheryl Cameron, Elizabeth Donnelly, Becky Donelon, Noël Dunn, Tim Essington, Sean Hackett, William Johnston,[…]

Bolster et al. Emerging Concepts in the Paramedicine Literature to Inform the Revision of a Pan-Canadian Competency Framework for Paramedics

Bolster J, Pithia P, Batt A M (December 23, 2022) Emerging Concepts in the Paramedicine Literature to Inform the Revision of a Pan-CanadianCompetency Framework for[…]

Bolster et al. Emerging Concepts in the Paramedicine Literature to Inform the Revision of a pan-Canadian Competency Framework for Paramedics: A Restricted Review

The National Occupational Competency Profile (NOCP) – the competency framework for paramedics in Canada – is presently undergoing revision. Since the NOCP was published in[…]