Volume 16 Number 10
October 2024
The clinical monthly for emergency care professionals
EDITORIAL Workforce diversity David Davis
ECG CASE SERIES Charles Bloe
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SPOTLIGHT ON RESEARCH 403
RESEARCH Paramedic management of patients with mental health issues: a scoping review Adam Evans et al 404
Paramedics at risk? How responding to a terror attack affects mental wellbeing Joanna Tew and Richard Ward 416
CLINICAL PRACTICE Historical perspectives of heat-related illness part 2: the present and future Michael Hannides and Edward Walter 426
NQP PERSPECTIVE Both sides of the picture Alice Cochrane 434
STUDENT COLUMN The importance of being an ‘ambulance driver’ Ellie Workman 436
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Could neurodiverse populations be an integral and beneficial but somewhat overlooked part of the paramedic workforce? Turn to p. 401 to read more as we mark World Mental Health Day 2024
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