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CaHRU to contribute to Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web and Action on Improving Prehospital Emergency Care

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Professor Niro Siriwardena will join Dave Williams and EMS leaders from the United States and abroad, conducting pioneering work in the field of prehospital quality improvement, for an Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web and Action on Improving Prehospital Emergency Care Continue reading CaHRU to contribute to Institute for Healthcare Improvement Web and Action on Improving Prehospital Emergency Care→

Research from CaHRU helping to improve prehospital care around the world

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Research undertaken by CaHRU with East Midlands Ambulance Service and other English ambulance services which has led to improvements in care in the UK is having an impact on improvement efforts in North America and the Middle East according to an Continue reading Research from CaHRU helping to improve prehospital care around the world→

Ambulance Services Cardiovascular Quality Initiative resources now online

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The new Ambulance Services Cardiovascular Quality Initiative (ASCQI) website was launched this month. The website describes how the ASCQI project, funded by the Health Foundation’s Closing the Gap in Clinical Communities Programme, achieved its aims as the first national quality Continue reading Ambulance Services Cardiovascular Quality Initiative resources now online→

Paramedics’ views on their role in an ambulance based trial of ultra-acute stroke

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Novel treatments for stroke are increasingly being tested and delivered in the ultra-acute period during initial presentation to ambulance services. In the first feasibility trial of nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) in ultra-acute stroke (RIGHT) there were early indications of improvements in Continue reading Paramedics’ views on their role in an ambulance based trial of ultra-acute stroke→

The impact of New Public Management in the Ambulance Service

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The use of performance indicators has been a feature of public policy for over three decades. They were first introduced by the Conservative Government to tackle perceived inefficiencies in the UK public sector. The answer lay in the New Public Continue reading The impact of New Public Management in the Ambulance Service→