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The role of psychological screening for emergency service responders
Noreen Tehrani, Ian HeskethThe purpose of this paper is to examine the role that psychological screening and surveillance can take in improving the delivery of psychological support to emergency service…
Stating the obvious: Evaluating the state of public assurance in fire and rescue authorities in England
Thomas Spencer, Jo Hayden, Peter Murphy, Russ GlennonThe purpose of this paper is to examine the form, content and reporting arrangements of “statements of assurance” required from Fire and Rescue Authorities in England since their…
Evaluation of firefighter leadership trainings
Niklas Schulte, Meinald T. ThielschThe training of highly skilled officers in rescue forces is essential for success and performance of fire brigades in their daily work. The purpose of this paper is to develop a…
The development and critique of validated assessment tools for pre-hospital resuscitation skills
Amy Seymour-WalshThe purpose of this paper is to describe the development of clinically credible skill practice and assessment guides for intraosseous (IO) needle insertion and laryngeal mask…
Low-dose, high-frequency CPR training with feedback for firefighters
Anna Abelsson, Jari Appelgren, Christer AxelssonThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the effects of the intervention of low-dose, high-frequency cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training with feedback for firefighters…
Lean and Six Sigma in policing: austerity, driver or distraction?
Bryan Rodgers, Jiju Antony, Ivor MarshallThe purpose of this paper is to widen some of the recent discussion which focusses on austerity being the driver for introducing continuous improvement (CI) methodologies, such as…
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- Prof Paresh Wankhade
- Prof Attila Hertelendy