Publications
NARSG
Here you can find a selection of publications from studies involving NARSG members, organised by year:
2025
- ‘Every day was a learning curve’: implementing COVID-19 triage protocols in UK ambulance services—a qualitative study of staff experiences – Emergency Medicine Journal
- Prehospital 12-lead ECG and outcomes in acute coronary syndrome – Heart
- Side Effects and Adverse Events in Prehospital Ketamine Analgesia for Trauma: A Systematic Review – International Journal for Paramedicine
- The impact of the AIRWAYS-2 randomised controlled trial on clinical practice in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in England: A registry-based cohort study – Resuscitation
- Informing relatives of non-surviving patients about research participation following out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: a prospective cohort study – Resuscitation Plus
- Strategies to manage emergency ambulance telephone callers with sustained high needs: the STRETCHED mixed-methods evaluation with linked data – Health and Social Care Delivery Research
- A qualitative exploration of behaviours and lifestyle factors impacting levels of vitamin D within a UK ambulance service workforce (EVOLVED) – British Paramedic Journal
- Venous blood point-of-care testing (POCT) for paramedics in urgent and emergency care: a single-site feasibility study (POCTPara) – British Paramedic Journal
- Paramedic analgesia comparing ketamine and morphine in trauma (PACKMaN): a randomised, double-blind, phase 3 trial – The Lancet Regional Health Europe
- Emergency Medical Services Streaming Enabled Evaluation In Trauma: The SEE-IT Feasibility RCT – Health and Social Care Delivery Research
- Management of persistent shockable rhythms during cardiac arrest: a national survey from the REVIVE group (REVIVE-2) – Resuscitation Plus
- Relationship between neighbourhood deprivation and ethnicity with attendance of prehospital critical care to out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients – Resuscitation
- Survey-based exploration of menopause transition experiences of female staff employed in UK ambulance services – British Paramedic Journal
- A qualitative exploration of midwives’ and ambulance clinicians’ experiences working together – British Journal of Midwifery
- Burnout and staff experiences of health inequalities in children’s hospitals: a qualitative analysis – BMJ Open
- Current challenges and future opportunities in on-scene prehospital triage of traumatic brain injury patients: A qualitative study in the UK – Injury
- Adrenaline for traumatic cardiac arrest: A post hoc analysis of the PARAMEDIC2 trial – Resuscitation Plus
2024
- A Randomized Trial of Drug Route in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest (PARAMEDIC-3) – New England Journal of Medicine
- improving Pain mAnagement for childreN and young people attendeD by Ambulance (PANDA): protocol for a realist review – NIHR Open Research
- Community First Responders’ role in the current and future rural health and care workforce: a mixed-methods study – Health and social care delivery research
- The experience of and attitudes towards continuing professional development: an interpretative phenomenological analysis of UK paramedics (EAT CPD) – International Journal of Paramedicine
- Consensus on innovations and future directions of community first responder schemes in United Kingdom: a national nominal group technique study – Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- Resuscitation of patients with durable mechanical circulatory support with acutely altered perfusion or cardiac arrest: A scoping review – Resuscitation
- Effectiveness of combinations of active compression-decompression cardiopulmonary resuscitation, impedance threshold devices and head-up cardiopulmonary resuscitation in adult out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: A systematic review – Resuscitation
- Development of a centralised national AED (automated external defibrillator) network across all ambulance services in the United Kingdom – Resuscitation Plus
- Introduction of a section for recording dementia improves data capture on the ambulance electronic patient record: evidence from a regional quality improvement project – British Paramedic Journal
- Clinical reasoning amongst paramedics using nebulised β₂ agonists to treat acute asthma exacerbations: a qualitative study – npj Primary Care Respiratory Medicine
- Take-home naloxone administered in emergency settings: feasibility of intervention implementation in a cluster randomized trial – BMC Emergency Medicine
- How do emergency departments respond to ambulance pre-alert calls? A qualitative exploration of the management of pre-alerts in UK emergency departments – Emergency Medicine Journal
- What influences ambulance clinician decisions to pre-alert emergency departments: a qualitative exploration of pre-alert practice in UK ambulance services and emergency departments – Emergency Medicine Journal
2023
- Trends in use of intraosseous and intravenous access in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest across English Ambulance Services: A registry-based, cohort study – Resuscitation
- An in-depth qualitative interview study of female ambulance staff experiences of the menopause transition – British Paramedic Journal
- The impact of COVID-19 pandemic on out-of-hospital cardiac arrest: an individual patient data meta-analysis – Resuscitation
- Exploring the pre-hospital setting for the emergency care and transfer of neonates: the role of UK ambulance and neonatal transport services – Infant
- Head injury in older adults presenting to the ambulance service: who do we convey to the emergency department, and what clinical variables are associated with an intracranial bleed? A retrospective case–control study – Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine
- The SEE-IT Trial: emergency medical services Streaming Enabled Evaluation In Trauma: study protocol for an interventional feasibility randomised controlled trial – BMJ Open
- Feedback for Emergency Ambulance Staff: A National Review of Current Practice Informed by Realist Evaluation Methodology – Healthcare
- Prehospital early warning scores for adults with suspected sepsis: retrospective diagnostic cohort study – Emergency Medicine Journal
- Delivery of public health interventions by the ambulance sector: a scoping review – BMC Public Health
Prehospital Emergency Services Research
The LKS ASE provide regular Prehospital Emergency Services Current Awareness Updates, highlighting research output across the prehospital setting. Please find recent updates below: