Paramedics’ views on their role in an ambulance based trial of ultra-acute stroke

Paramedic driving an ambulance

Novel treatments for stroke are increasingly being tested and delivered in the ultra-acute period during initial presentation to ambulance services. In the first feasibility trial of nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) in ultra-acute stroke (RIGHT) there were early indications of improvements in Continue reading Paramedics’ views on their role in an ambulance based trial of ultra-acute stroke

Ambulance Services Cardiovascular Quality Initiative findings published in Implementation Science

EMAS paramedics

The results of a national Quality Improvement Collaborative study, the Ambulance Services Cardiovascular Quality Initiative (ASCQI) were published this week in the international academic journal Implementation Science. The article entitled The effect of a national quality improvement collaborative on prehospital care Continue reading Ambulance Services Cardiovascular Quality Initiative findings published in Implementation Science

Influenza as a trigger of cardiovascular events and the potential for influenza vaccination to prevent them

A further study, published in the Journal of Infectious Diseases, points to a link between influenza as a trigger of cardiovascular events, while presentations given in the past week in Toronto suggest that influenza vaccination might prevent such events. Charlotte Continue reading Influenza as a trigger of cardiovascular events and the potential for influenza vaccination to prevent them

Community and Health Research Unit at SAPC and RCGP Annual Scientific Meeting, Glasgow

Members of the Community and Health Research Unit from the University of Lincoln recently attended the combined Society of Academic Primary Care and RCGP Annual Scientific Meeting in Glasgow where they were selected to give five oral presentations on some Continue reading Community and Health Research Unit at SAPC and RCGP Annual Scientific Meeting, Glasgow

ASCQI presented at International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care in Paris, April

In April 2012 Professor Niro Siriwardena and Fiona Togher travelled to Paris with colleagues, Nadya Essam, Debbie Shaw (East Midlands Ambulance Service [EMAS]) and David Francis (East of England Ambulance Service) to attend the 17th International Forum on Quality and Continue reading ASCQI presented at International Forum on Quality and Safety in Health Care in Paris, April