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Australasian paramedic clinical practice guidelines for managing cardiac arrest: An appraisal
Colbeck, Marc Swain, Andrew Gibson, Jonathan Parker, Lachlan Bailey, Paul Burke, Paul Caffey, Matthew Kinnear, Frances
Colbeck, Marc
Swain, Andrew
Gibson, Jonathan
Parker, Lachlan
Bailey, Paul
Burke, Paul
Caffey, Matthew
Kinnear, Frances
Abstract
There are 10 government-regulated ambulance services (paramedic provider services) in Australasia who are members of the Council of Ambulance Authorities (CAA). These CAA-member services each produce clinical practice guidelines (CPGs), which guide the practice of their paramedics. Common to each set of CAA-member CPG is a guideline that addresses cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia (pulseless VT/VF). This study sought to answer the question: ‘Are current CAA-member CPGs developed with sufficient methodological rigour to consistently produce guidelines that, according to validated, evidence-based best practices, can be recommended for clinical use?’
Keywords
paramedic, Australasia, clinical practice guideline, AGREE II
Date
2019
Type
Journal article
Journal
Australasian Journal of Paramedicine
Book
Volume
16
Issue
Page Range
1-10
Article Number
ACU Department
School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine
Faculty of Health Sciences
Faculty of Health Sciences
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Open Access Status
Open access
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File Access
Open