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Paramedic research, 5 October 2026

2 new paramedic and prehospital papers from the 5 October 2026 scan.

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• Online stroke education boosts EMS-seeking

  Journal of Education and Health Promotion · RCT · Hypothesis-generating

  RCT in 106 high-risk residents in Huanggang, China testing a 6-week online stroke education program against usual health education — it significantly improved stroke knowledge, warning-sign awareness and EMS-seeking intent.

• What actually degrades CPR performance

  BMC Emergency Medicine · Qualitative · Context only

  Qualitative interviews with 21 resuscitation team members in Kermanshah, Iran building a model of how environmental threats, cognitive and motivational barriers, psychological stressors and socio-cultural factors interact to compromise CPR performance.