Decision making in paramedic practice /
Collen, Andy.
Decision making in paramedic practice / created by Andy Collen - viii, 156 pages: 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Chapter 1: Paramedic practice: The changing patient profile in urgent, emergency and critical care Chapter 2: Professional issues Chapter 3: The evolution of the paramedic as a critical thinker Chapter 4: Decision making theory – human factors, dilemmas and conundrums Chapter 5: The Garden Path Test: Putting decision making into practice – intuition, hypotheses, and deduction Chapter 6: The Cognitive Continuum – enhancing your decision-making skills Chapter 7: Case based discussion (case studies, reflection, action learning) Glossary
Offers a wealth of knowledge about the importance of decision making in healthcare practice to reduce clinical risk and improve outcomes for patients, Explores the role of the modern paramedic and of the paramedic as a critical thinker. Offers a unique perspective on clinical decision making, highlighting important aspects such as the balance between intuition and experience as well as professional issues
9781859596418
Allied health occupations
Allied health personnel
Clinical decision-making
Emergency medical technicians
Health and fitness
Health and wellbeing
Medical care --Decision making
Paramedical education
R697.A4 COL
Decision making in paramedic practice / created by Andy Collen - viii, 156 pages: 26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
Chapter 1: Paramedic practice: The changing patient profile in urgent, emergency and critical care Chapter 2: Professional issues Chapter 3: The evolution of the paramedic as a critical thinker Chapter 4: Decision making theory – human factors, dilemmas and conundrums Chapter 5: The Garden Path Test: Putting decision making into practice – intuition, hypotheses, and deduction Chapter 6: The Cognitive Continuum – enhancing your decision-making skills Chapter 7: Case based discussion (case studies, reflection, action learning) Glossary
Offers a wealth of knowledge about the importance of decision making in healthcare practice to reduce clinical risk and improve outcomes for patients, Explores the role of the modern paramedic and of the paramedic as a critical thinker. Offers a unique perspective on clinical decision making, highlighting important aspects such as the balance between intuition and experience as well as professional issues
9781859596418
Allied health occupations
Allied health personnel
Clinical decision-making
Emergency medical technicians
Health and fitness
Health and wellbeing
Medical care --Decision making
Paramedical education
R697.A4 COL