Volume 16 Number 4
April 2024
The clinical monthly for emergency care professionals EDITORIAL Going green Aysha Mendes 137
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ECG CASE SERIES Charles Bloe
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SPOTLIGHT ON RESEARCH Pete Gregory
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RESEARCH Support from advanced practitioners in critical care for ankle fracture dislocation Craig Morrison, Linda Renfrew and Ryan McHenry 140
Perceptions of establishing advanced life support for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest Craig Wilkins 148
Technology commitment of emergency medical service practitioners and dispatchers Christian Elsenbast and Vera Hagemann 155
PARAMEDIC DIVERSITY Hidden layers: neurodiversity in paramedicine Brian Sengstock 164
COMMENT Prehospital serratus anterior plane block for rib fractures Stuart Abel and Tom Mallinson
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STUDENT COLUMN Placement expectations Ellie Workman 170
Spotlight on Research on p. 139 marks Earth Day 2024
NQP PERSPECTIVE Prepping for practice Alice Cochrane 171
PARAMEDIC TRANSITIONS Settling into a new pace Jennifer Green
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COURSES
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