TY  - BOOK
AU  - Collen,Andy
TI  - Decision making in paramedic practice
SN  - 9781859596418
AV  - R697.A4 COL 
PY  - 2017///
PB  - Class Professional Publishing, 
KW  - Allied health occupations
KW  - Allied health personnel
KW  - Clinical decision-making
KW  - Emergency medical technicians
KW  - Health and fitness
KW  - Health and wellbeing
KW  - Medical care
KW  - Decision making
KW  - Paramedical education
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -