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Position and Consensus Statements

Position Statements

The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care are currently developing a range of Position Statements. We welcome ideas and/or assistance with the development of statements. To get involved please contact us at fphc@rcsed.ac.uk.

Published Position Statements 

Title Lead Authors Date

Interim Statement on the use of cervical collars for pre-hospital spinal immobilisation

This interim statement on the use of cervical collars stating the need for more evidence, the planned development of a consensus statement and for respect and acceptance they may be used on an individual patient basis

FPHC March 2024

Cross Recognition of Emergency Care Courses in Sport

P Jackson, A Smith, M Stone July 2018

Application of Tourniquets

FPHC July 2017

Multi-professional pre-hospital emergency medicine programme

A Thomas, D Cody, P Hyde, A Thurgood, D Lockey, R Mackenzie, K Porter  21 May 2016

 

Consensus Statements 

The Faculty of Pre-Hospital Care have been at the forefront of developing Consensus Statements in the field of pre-hospital care. The Consensus Statements are a comprehensive public statement by a team of experts in the field. These are developed after Faculty led Consensus Days where the experts meet and review opinion, evidence based research and analyse it to come up with a collective view on the issue in hand. 

The following Consensus Guidelines, outline the consensus process in full.  

Published Consensus Statements

 Title Lead Author Date
Burns Consensus 
(V1.3 replacing previous Burns Patient Management)
- Currently under review

E. Battaloglu, L. Greasley, J. Leon-Villapalos, A. Young, K. Porter

September 2020
Obstetric Emergencies
- Currently under review
Emir Battaloglu 24 July 2017
Management of Chest Injuries
- Currently under review
C Leech, K Porter, R Steyn, C Laird, I Virgo, R Bowman, D Cooper 2013
Minimal Patient Handling
- Currently under review
Moss R, Porter KM 2013

The Pre-hospital Management of Pelvic Fractures 
- Currently under review

I Scott, K Porter, C Laird, M Bloch, I Greaves 2012

Management of Crush Injury 
- Currently under review

   

Upcoming System Maintenance & Network Disruption

Due to essential systems maintenance and upgrades there will be intermittent interruptions to some on-line services on Saturday 27th of February. There will be further interruption to some core services on Wednesday 2nd and Thursday 3rd of March.

We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

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