Decision Making in Paramedic Practice - Andy Collen
In this new book, Andy Collen offers a wealth of knowledge about the importance of decision making in healthcare practice to reduce clinical risk and improve outcomes for patients. The text explores the role of the modern paramedic and of the paramedic as a critical thinker. It offers a unique perspective on clinical decision making, highlighting important aspects such as the balance between intuition and experience as well as professional issues.
Table of Contents:
Chapter 1: Paramedic practice: The changing patient profile in urgent, emergency and critical care
Chapter 2: Professional issues
Chapter 3: The evolution of the paramedic as a critical thinker
Chapter 4: Decision making theory – human factors, dilemmas and conundrums
Chapter 5: The Garden Path Test: Putting decision making into practice – intuition, hypotheses, and deduction
Chapter 6: The Cognitive Continuum – enhancing your decision-making skills
Chapter 7: Case based discussion (case studies, reflection, action learning)
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