Trial reportBMJ open2019
Paramedic attitudes and experiences of enrolling patients into the PARAMEDIC-2 adrenaline trial: a qualitative survey within the London Ambulance Service.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
- Challenges and opportunities for conducting pre-hospital trauma trials: a behavioural investigation.Trials · 2023Trial
- The California Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium (CAL-ROC): A novel collaboration to facilitate the implementation of randomized clinical trials in the prehospital setting.Resuscitation plus · 2025Article
- Evaluating the current breadth of randomized control trials on cardiac arrest: A scoping review.Journal of the American College of Emergency Physicians open · 2024Article
- Facilitators and barriers to the delivery of the PARAMEDIC2 trial.Resuscitation plus · 2024Article
- Stakeholder perspectives of piloting pre-hospital COVID-19 lateral flow testing and direct admissions pathway: exploring why well-received ideas have low uptake.British paramedic journal · 2022Article
- Improving Psychological Comfort of Paramedics for Field Termination of Resuscitation through Structured Training.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectivesThe aim of this study was to gather the views and experiences of paramedics who participated in a large-scale randomised controlled drug trial and to identify barriers to recruitment.
designWe surveyed paramedics using a questionnaire consisting of a mix of closed and open ended questions.
settingThe study was conducted within the London Ambulance Service, London, UK.
participants150 paramedics who were trained to enrol patients into the PARAMEDIC-2 randomised controlled trial of adrenaline versus placebo in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and who returned the questionnaire.
results98% of study participants felt prehospital research was very important, and 97.3% reported an overall positive experience of being involved in a drug trial. Only 5.3% felt uncomfortable enrolling patients into the trial without prior consent from the patient or a relative. Over one- third (39.3%) identified one or more barriers to patient recruitment, the most common being the attitudes of other staff.
conclusionWe found a strong appetite for involvement in prehospital research among paramedics and an understanding of the importance of research that prevailed over the complexities of the trial. This is an important finding demonstrating that potentially ethically controversial research can be undertaken successfully by paramedics in the prehospital environment.
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