Helicopter EMS in Cork: a paramedicine perspective

Shane Knox

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.32378/ijp.v3i2.113

Abstract

The intent of this commentary is to provide a paramedicine perspective on the new helicopter EMS service in the Southern region of Ireland, covering mainly Cork and Kerry. The recent discussions regarding the crew composition of the proposed Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (HEMS) in Cork require comment from paramedicine. Whilst we respect the opinion of other professions we feel it is important to provide an Irish perspective on behalf of members of the Irish College of Paramedics - Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) Paramedics, and Advanced Paramedics (APs).


Keywords

parmedic; paramedicine; HEMS; flight paramedic

Full Text:

PDF

References

Health and Care Professions Council (UK) (2016) Registration [online], available: http://hpc-uk.org/aboutregistration/professions/

Health Professions Council of South Africa (2016) HPCSA Professional Boards [online], available: http://www.hpcsa.co.za/PBEmergencyCare

Pre-Hospital Emergency Care Council (IRL) (2016) [online], available: https://www.phecit.ie/

Tanigawa, K. and Tanaka, K. (2006) 'Emergency medical service systems in Japan: Past, present, and future', Resuscitation, 69(3), 365-370.

Eckstein, M., Chan, L., Schneir, A. and Palmer, R. (2000) 'Effect of Prehospital Advanced Life Support on Outcomes of Major Trauma Patients', Journal of Trauma and Acute Care Surgery, 48(4), 643-648.

Stiell , I. G., Wells , G. A., Field , B., Spaite , D. W., Nesbitt , L. P., De Maio , V. J., Nichol , G., Cousineau , D., Blackburn , J., Munkley , D., Luinstra-Toohey , L., Campeau , T., Dagnone , E. and Lyver , M. (2004) 'Advanced Cardiac Life Support in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest', New England Journal of Medicine, 351(7), 647-656.

Jayaraman, S., Sethi, D. and Wong, R. (2014) 'Advanced training in trauma life support for ambulance crews', The Cochrane Library.

Sanghavi, P., Jena, A. B., Newhouse, J. P. and Zaslavsky, A. M. (2015) 'OUtcomes after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest treated by basic vs advanced life support', JAMA Internal Medicine, 175(2), 196-204.

Ambulance Victoria (2018) 'Ambulance Victoria 2016-2017 Annual Report,' [online], available: doi: https://www.ambulance.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/ambulance-victoria-annual-report-2016-2017.pdf [accessed 26th September 2018]

Zalstein, S., Danne, P., Taylor, D., Cameron, P., McLellan, S., Fitzgerald, M., Kossmann, T., Patrick, I., Walker, T., Crameri, J., Bailey, M. and Magilton, G. (2010) 'The Victorian Major Trauma Transfer Study', Injury, 41(1), 102-109.



DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.32378/ijp.v3i2.113

Refbacks

  • There are currently no refbacks.




Copyright (c) 2018 Shane Knox

Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

IJP is an Open Access journal and articles published are distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence. Article copyright remains with individual authors. Authors grant unrestricted copyright license to the IJP. Readers may copy, distribute, build upon, reproduce, and display the work with the proper citation of the original work in this publication.

DPLA Rights statement:http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-NC/1.0/?language=en. The IJP supports the National Principles for Open Access Policy Statement.