Journal article
Applying Hospital Evidence to Paramedicine: Issues of Indirectness, Validity and Knowledge Translation
Abstract
The practice of emergency medicine (EM) has been intertwined with emergency medical services (EMS) for more than 40 years. In this commentary, we explore the practice of translating hospital based evidence into the prehospital setting. We will challenge both EMS and EM dogma-bringing hospital care to patients in the field is not always better. In providing examples of therapies championed in hospitals that have failed to translate into the …
Authors
Bigham B; Welsford M
Journal
Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol. 17, No. 3, pp. 281–285
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
May 2015
DOI
10.1017/cem.2015.65
ISSN
1481-8035