Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee
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JRCALC is the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee.[1] Their role is to provide robust clinical speciality advice to ambulance services within the UK and it publishes regularly updated clinical guidelinesScript error: No such module "Unsubst".. The first meeting of JRCALC was in 1989 and was hosted by the Royal College of Physicians, London.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Operations
The guidelines are supposed to be produced from evidence-based medicine. However, organisations such as the College of Paramedics have criticised the committee for poor reference to available evidence in the past.[2]
JRCALC have produced a number of systematic reviews on various topics.[3] Available evidence is researched and discussed by a team of academics and clinicians including representatives from all UK ambulance services, and a number of medical disciplines.Script error: No such module "Unsubst". The Guidelines are produced by the JRCALC Guideline Development Group (JRCALC-GDG) hosted by the University of Warwick.[4]
Executive committee
- Chairman - Dr Wim BlanckeScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Joint honorary secretaries - Dr Fiona Jewkes & Mr M O'FlahertyScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Honorary treasurer - Dr Fionna MooreScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Committee administrator - Carole LongScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
Guideline Development Group members
- Dr Simon Brown - ChairmanScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Professor Matthew Cooke - Project DirectorScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Dr Joanne Fisher - Senior Research FellowScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Stephen Hines - Paramedic Project AdvisorScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Prof Mike Smyth - Paramedic Project AdvisorScript error: No such module "Unsubst".
The guideline development group relies upon the unpaid work of numerous clinicians to complete the systematic reviews to support the guidelines.[5]
Guidelines
- Version 1 - 2000[6]
- Version 2 - 2004Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Version 3 - April 2006Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
- Version 4 - April 2013 [7]
References
- ↑ JRCALC http://jrcalc.org.uk/
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- ↑ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/hsri/emergencycare/prehospitalcare/jrcalcstakeholderwebsite/airwaymanagement/endotrachealintubationbyparamedics
- ↑ http://jrcalc.org.uk/
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- ↑ JRCALC Guidelines History http://jrcalc.org.uk/guidelines_history.html
- ↑ AACE
External links
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