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999 Abstracts 2020

Prize Winners

• 01  Major trauma triage tools study (MATTS) triage tools summary (25 September, 2020)

  Christopher Holt, Gordon Fuller, Samuel Keating, Janette Turner, Andy Irving, Esther Herbert
• 02  The role of feedback and follow up in ambulance services: a qualitative interview study (25 September, 2020)

  Caitlin Wilson, Gillian Janes, Rebecca Lawton, Anne-Marie Howell, Jonathan Benn
• 03  What factors affect paramedics’ involvement of people with dementia in decisions affecting their care? A qualitative study (25 September, 2020)

  Esme Choonara
• 04  ‘What is the rate of general practitioner registration amongst homeless patients who present to an english ambulance service?’ (25 September, 2020)

  Joshua Miller, Shaun McBride

Oral Presentations

• OP5  A two armed, randomised, controlled exploratory study of adding the ambugard cleaning system to normal deep cleaning procedures in a regional ambulance service (25 September, 2020)

  Graham McClelland, Karl Charlton, Jacqueline Mains, Karen Millican, Caroline Cullerton
• OP6  Long term outcomes of participants in the paramedic-2 randomised trial of adrenaline in out of hospital cardiac arrest (25 September, 2020)

  Kirstie L Haywood, Chen Ji, Tom Quinn, Jerry P Nolan, Charles D Deakin, Charlotte Scomparin, Ranjit Lall, Simon Gates, John Long, Scott Regan, Rachael T Fothergill, Helen Pocock, Nigel Rees, Lyndsey O’Shea, Gavin D Perkins
• OP7  Did west midlands ambulance service paramedics’ usage of adrenaline change after the publication of the paramedic2 results, but prior to any guideline change? A service evaluation (25 September, 2020)

  Imogen M Gunson
• OP8  What factors do ems clinicians report as influencing their decision to perform a prehospital 12 lead ECG in acute coronary syndromes?: A qualitative study (25 September, 2020)

  Mary Halter, Vid Calovski, Glenn Davies, Timothy Driscoll, Christopher Gale, Lucia Gavalova, Chelsey Hampton, Tom Quinn, Helen Snooks, Alan Watkins, Clive Weston
• OP9  Perch – preliminary exploration of the role of paramedics in care homes (25 September, 2020)

  Mark Kingston, Leigh Keen, Stephanie Green, Lesley Griffiths

Poster Presentations

• PP10  How senior paramedics determine a futile resuscitation in pulseless electrical activity out of hospital cardiac arrest: a mixed methods study (25 September, 2020)

  Ali Coppola, Sarah Black, Ruth Endacott
• PP11  Defining major trauma in the hyper acute setting (25 September, 2020)

  Lee Thompson, Michael Hill, Peter McMeekin, Gary Shaw
• PP12  A survey-based evaluation of the impact of menopause transition on female ambulance staff in one UK ambulance service (25 September, 2020)

  Theresa Foster, Larissa S Prothero, Debra Winterson
• PP13  Predicting high-risk conditions among ems patients with chest pain (25 September, 2020)

  Kristoffer Wibring, Johan Herlitz, Markus Lingman, Angela Bång
• PP14  Improving access to, and experience of, ambulance care for eastern european migrants: a paramedic interview study (25 September, 2020)

  Viet-Hai Phung, Zahid Asghar, Milika Matiti, Niro Siriwardena
• PP15  Situational awareness in pre-hospital practice – observational study using simulated scenarios (25 September, 2020)

  Chloe Scott, Suman Mitra
• PP16  A review of the annual case epidemiology and clinical exposure of 45 paramedics, in a UK ambulance service: a service evaluation (25 September, 2020)

  Andy Rosser
• PP17  Is weight just a number? The accuracy of UK ambulance paediatric weight guidance – findings from a cross sectional study (25 September, 2020)

  Karl Charlton, Matt Capsey, Chris Moat
• PP18  Preventing burnout amongst healthcare professionals – preliminary findings of a case analysis of yorkshire ambulance service (25 September, 2020)

  Catherine Powell, Kathryn Lord, Beth Fylan, Liz Breen
• PP19  Paramedic research literature 2011–2019. A bibliographic analysis of the contents of amber, the ambulance research repository (25 September, 2020)

  Matt Holland, Michelle Dutton
• PP20  Paramedic identification and referral of patients in the last year of life: a stakeholder interview study (25 September, 2020)

  Kim Kirby, Sarah Black, Laura Goodwin, Lucy Pocock, Alyesha Proctor, Sally Richardson, Joanne Stonehouse, Hazel Taylor, Sarah Voss, Jonathan Benger
• PP21  Perceptions and experiences of employee mental health support: a cross-sectional survey of UK ambulance service staff (25 September, 2020)

  Sasha Johnston, Jennifer Wild, Kristy Sanderson, Bridie Kent
• PP22  An exploration of the facilitators and barriers to paramedics’ assessment and treatment of pain in paediatric patients following trauma (EX-PAT) (25 September, 2020)

  Barry Handyside, Helen Pocock, Charles Deakin
• PP23  Soiled airway tracheal intubation and the effectiveness of decontamination by north east paramedics: a randomised controlled manikin study. The satiated2 study (25 September, 2020)

  Graham McClelland, Richard Pilbery, Sarah Hepburn
• PP24  Does a paramedic practitioner self-tasking dispatch model benefit their self-sufficiency in patient management? A cross sectional study (25 September, 2020)

  Liam Cotterill, Mary Halter
• PP25  Does unguided cardio-pulmonary-resuscitation in copenhagen achieve high quality recommendations? (25 September, 2020)

  Rasmus Meyer Lyngby, Dimitra Nikoletou, Fredrik Folke, Tom Quinn
• PP26  Knowledge, attitudes and practices of UK paramedics regarding pharmacology and the legal, management and administration aspects of medicines: a cross-sectional online quantitative survey (25 September, 2020)

  Samantha Laws, Mary Halter, Chao Wang
• PP27  What are emergency ambulance services doing to meet the needs of people who call frequently? A national survey of current practice in the united kingdom (25 September, 2020)

  Helen Snooks, Ashra Khanom, Robert Cole, Adrian Edwards, Bethan Edwards, Bridie Evans, Theresa Foster, Rachael Fothergill, Penny Gripper, Chelsey Hampton, Ann John, Robin Petterson, Alison Porter, Andy Rosser, Jason Scott
• PP28  Pros and cons of using anonymised linked routine data to improve efficiency of randomised controlled trials in healthcare: experience in primary and emergency care (25 September, 2020)

  Helen Snooks, Matthew Jones, Ashra Khanom, Ronan Lyons, Alan Watkins
• PP29  The paramedic will see you now: understanding new roles in primary care (25 September, 2020)

  Alison Porter, Timothy Driscoll, Adrian Edwards, Bridie Evans, Lesley Griffiths, Ather Hussain, Mari James, Jenna Jones, Leigh Keen, Mark Kingston, Ceri Phillips, Helen Snooks, Rhys Thomas, Alan Watkins, Grayham Mclean
• PP30  The ambulance service and the child and young person’s advance care plan: listening to families and professionals (25 September, 2020)

  Karen Shaw, Jenna Spry, Serena Cottrell, Carole Cummins, Nicki Fitzmaurice, Sheila Greenfield, Gemma Heath, Joshua Miller, Sue Neilson, Magdalena Skrybant, Paul Thompson, Janette Vyse
• PP31  Ambulance handover: a thematic review of delays in 2018/19 (25 September, 2020)

  Jaqualine Lindridge, Kevin Reynard, Rob Kemp, Richard Brownhill, Jerry Penn-Ashman
• PP32  Major trauma triage tools study (MATTS) expert consensus meetings (25 September, 2020)

  Christopher Holt, Gordon Fuller, Samuel Keating, Janette Turner, Steve Goodacre, Jason Smith
• PP33  A service evaluation of the experiences of specialist paramedics working in rotational environments using a retrospective cohort (25 September, 2020)

  Daniel Creton, Mary Halter, Clayre LaTrobe
• PP34  Collecting experience-based expertise when planning prehospital care research: a stakeholder event about evaluating paramedics working in care homes (25 September, 2020)

  Bridie Evans, Mark Kingston, Alison Porter, Leigh Keen, Lesley Griffiths, Mari James, Stephanie Green
• PP35  Evaluation of a rotational model of advanced paramedic practice in north wales: a logic model approach to demonstrate effectiveness (25 September, 2020)

  Duncan Robertson, Bob Baines, Gemma Nosworthy, Wyn Thomas, Mark Timmins, Robyn Watson, Stella Wright
• PP36  Using linked health data to explore compliance with and appropriateness of ambulance telephone advice (25 September, 2020)

  Joanne Coster, Alicia O’Cathain, Jon Nicoll