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Paramedic research, 5 November 2026
4 new paramedic and prehospital papers from the 5 November 2026 scan.
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Electrical capture uncommon in prehospital transcutaneous pacing
A US EMS agency reviewed continuous monitor ECGs from 56 patients given prehospital transcutaneous pacing between 2017 and 2024 and found electrical capture in only 32%, often intermittent, with clinician-verbalised pulses coinciding with capture in just 15% of instances.
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Counted drip rates vary widely between paramedics
In a controlled US laboratory simulation, 55 paramedics setting nine drip rates on a standardised gravity set produced overall flow errors from -45.3% to +5.8%, with imprecision driven mainly by human counting and whole-number target rates more accurate than fractional ones.
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Military prehospital transfusion often outside guideline criteria
A French military review of 206 forward aeromedical evacuations for trauma in Sahel (2015–2023) found 64 casualties transfused prehospital, with 65% of transfused patients not meeting guideline criteria, while heart rate above 110, shock index above 1, penetrating or pelvic trauma and FAST effusion were more frequent among them.
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START triage knowledge unrelated to student decision styles
A Turkish cross-sectional survey of 121 paramedic students found theoretical START triage knowledge (mean 69.99 ± 14.76) was not significantly associated with intolerance of uncertainty or decision-making style subscale scores.