PaReflectionEd has a reflective article on trying to understand self-harm. While in many cases self-harm is not intended to be fatal, it does need to be taken seriously. For some, the function of self-harm is a way to alleviate intense emotional pain or distress, or overwhelming negative feelings, thoughts, or memories. For others, it’s a form of self-punishment, […]

PaReflectionEd has published the April 2017 edition of Research Round-up, presenting recently published research from emergency medicine and critical care literature. International research includes a study on consciousness during pulmonary resuscitation; paramedic competency; usefulness of 18-lead ECGs in STEMI, failure rate of pre-hospital chest decompression after severe thoracic trauma, ketamine as an adjunct to opioids for acute […]

Reflections on a traumatic cardiac arrest have been published at paramedicine reflection and continuing education site PaReflectionEd. [gdlr_space height=”30px”] [gdlr_quote align=”center” ]In the early hours of a weekend morning an ambulance is called for a young adult male involved in a single motorcycle collision. While not raining, the roads were still wet from an earlier rainstorm. The […]