Overview
This updated and expanded third edition contains all the essential information to help you apply decision making to your clinical role as a healthcare professional. Chapters have been brought in line with the latest guidance and developments as the paramedic profession has evolved, emphasising the importance and complexities of critical thinking and decision making relevant to all practice settings. The new edition also includes aspects of professionalism, understanding why things go wrong, and clinical leadership, as well as an additional chapter on inclusive decision making.Key features include: A comprehensive overview of decision-making theory and how it applies to the paramedic roleUpdated case studies chapterPractice tips and checklistsEvidence-based and up-to-date with latest guidanceEthical and professional considerations within paramedic practiceThis book will be essential reading for student paramedics as well as qualified paramedics, ambulance clinicians, and wider healthcare professional groups undertaking continuous professional development. The book will support healthcare professionals interested in the theory and practice of decision-making in clinical practice.TABLE OF CONTENTSParamedic Practice: The Changing Patient Profile in Urgent, Emergency and Critical CareProfessional and Ethical IssuesDecision-making Theory: Dilemmas and ConundrumsInclusive Decision MakingThe Evolution of the Paramedic as a Critical ThinkerThe Garden Gate Test: Putting Decision-making Theory into PracticeRefining and Improving the Application of Decision Making in PracticeCase-based Discussion (Case Studies, Reflection, Action Learning)
- | Author: Andy Collen
- | Publisher: Class Professional
- | Publication Date: Aug 14, 2024
- | Number of Pages: 248 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1801610142
- | ISBN-13: 9781801610148
