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dc.contributor.authorRenshaw, John
dc.contributor.authorHalter, Mary
dc.contributor.authorQuinn, Tom
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-06T11:09:40Z
dc.date.available2023-03-06T11:09:40Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-01
dc.identifier.citationRenshaw, J., Halter, M. and Quinn, T. (2022) Protocol for a scoping review on the development of policy, guidelines and protocols within emergency medical services. British Paramedic Journal, 6(4), pp. 48-54.en
dc.identifier.pmid35340580 (pubmed)
dc.identifier.doi10.29045/14784726.2022.03.6.4.48en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2436/625135
dc.description© 2022 The Authors. Published by The College of Paramedics. This is an open access article available under a Creative Commons licence. The published version can be accessed at the following link on the publisher’s website: https://doi.org/10.29045/14784726.2022.03.6.4.48en
dc.description.abstractIntroduction: Emergency medical services (EMS) use a combination of policy, clinical practice guidelines and protocols to set out their expectations for service delivery and to inform patient care. While these are integral to how EMS now operate, relatively little is known about how they are developed, or the processes involved. Therefore, the aim of this scoping review is to understand what is known in the literature about the development of policy, guidelines and protocols within EMS. Methods: This scoping review will follow the Arksey and O’Malley (2005) methodological framework for scoping reviews. A search strategy has been developed using index term definitions, building from authors’ knowledge of the field. The following electronic databases will be searched from 2002 to 2021 for all types of publication: CINAHL, Medline, Academic Search Complete and PsycINFO, EMBASE, Nursing and Allied Health, the Cochrane library, NICE Evidence, Scopus, OpenGrey, EThOS, Google Scholar, Google search and key EMS journal websites. The results will be downloaded using EndNoteX9 reference management software and duplicates will be removed. Titles and abstracts of the results will be independently screened for their relevance to the research question, and the full text of each selected publication will be assessed against pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria to determine its eligibility. The reference list and forward citations will be searched for articles meeting the eligibility criteria. A second researcher will independently assess a 10% sample of results to allow for validation of this assessment. Data will be extracted and charted on the characteristics of the publications and the knowledge they contribute on the development of policy, guidelines or protocols. Accompanying narratives will be presented to identify themes and gaps in the available evidence. A critical appraisal will be undertaken of the included publications, where empirical research is presented.en
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dc.languageeng
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherCollege of Paramedicsen
dc.relation.urlhttps://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/tcop/bpj/2022/00000006/00000004/art00007;jsessionid=qgf3neou3sjc.x-ic-live-01en
dc.subjectemergency medical servicesen
dc.subjectprotocolen
dc.subjectguidelinesen
dc.subjectpolicyen
dc.titleProtocol for a scoping review on the development of policy, guidelines and protocols within emergency medical servicesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.identifier.eissn1478-4726
dc.identifier.journalBritish Paramedic Journalen
dc.date.updated2023-03-01T12:49:26Z
dc.contributor.institutionKingston University and St George's, University of London; University of Wolverhampton ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5774-5877.
pubs.place-of-publicationEngland
dc.date.accepted2021-09-13
rioxxterms.funderuniversity of wolverhamptonen
rioxxterms.identifier.projectUOW06032023JRen
rioxxterms.versionVoRen
rioxxterms.licenseref.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate2023-03-06en
dc.source.volume6
dc.source.issue4
dc.source.beginpage48
dc.source.endpage54
dc.description.versionPublished version
refterms.dateFCD2023-03-06T11:09:01Z
refterms.versionFCDVoR
refterms.dateFOA2023-03-06T11:09:41Z


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