ArticleEmergency medicine journal : EMJ2005
A qualitative study of paramedics' attitudes to providing prehospital thrombolysis.
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- Evidence from the scene: paramedic perspectives on involvement in out-of-hospital research.Annals of emergency medicine · 2012Article
- Evaluating the views of paramedics, cardiologists, emergency department physicians and nurses on advanced prehospital management of acute ST elevation myocardial infarction.The Canadian journal of cardiology · 2009Article
- Generic qualitative research: a design for qualitative research in emergency care?Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2007Review
- Identifying barriers to prehospital thrombolysis in the treatment of acute myocardial infarction.Emergency medicine journal : EMJ · 2006Article
- Treating the clock and not the patient: ambulance response times and risk.Quality & safety in health care · 2006Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo explore paramedics' attitudes to administering prehospital thrombolysis (PHT).
methodIn-depth interviews with 20 paramedics were recorded and transcribed and analysed for emergent themes using the constant comparative method.
resultsAlthough there was a will to provide PHT because of its benefits to patients, its associated risks, aspects of pay and working conditions, and certain organisational factors undermined the willingness of some paramedics to administer thrombolysis. The eight minute response time standard is a competing imperative which can delay thrombolysis.
conclusionsA minority of paramedics are likely to be unwilling to deliver PHT unless countervailing imperatives are addressed.
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