Libraries    Databases    Evidence-based Practice/CPD

Journals    Books    Current awareness  

This site is maintained and hosted by the lead library for SCAS,
Discovery Library, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth.
To contact Discovery Library click here .

NEW CONTENT

New ebook content added 04/12/19
Pilberry, R. and Lethbridge, K. (2019) Ambulance care essentials. 2nd ed. Bridgwater: Class Professional.
Pilbery, R. and Lethbridge, K. (2019) Ambulance care practice. 2nd ed.  Bridgwater: Class Professional.
Eaton, G. (2019) Law and ethics for paramedics: an essential guide. Bridgwater: Class Professional.
Hearns, S. (2019) Peak performance under pressure: lessons from a helicopter rescue doctor. Bridgwater: Class Professional.
Gubbins, K. and Hardwick, S. (2019) Practice education in paramedic science: theories and application. Bridgwater: Class Professional.
Peate, I. and Stephens, M. (2020) Wound care at a glance. 2nd ed. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)

 

 

14/11/2019 New edition-Issue 76 of the SCAS version of the national Prehospital Emergency Services Current Awareness Update

 

New ebook content added 14/11/19
Walraven-Thissen, A. (2020) Responding after suicide. London: Jessica Kingsley.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)

 

 

New ebook content added 15/10/19
Cameron, P. (2020) Textbook of adult emergency medicine. 5th ed. Edinburgh: Elsevier.
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Libraries providing resources & services to SCAS staff & students
Electronic resources are available to all SCAS staff and students irrespective of location and are listed further down the page.
For library support to assist with access and searching available resources:

• The National Library Service for NHS Ambulance Services in England will provide:
  – literature searching and general enquiry services,
  – article request services,
  For any queries about the national service, contact Matt

• Discovery Library, Plymouth will provide:
  – access to electronic resources- incl. problems with Athens accounts,
  – information skills training and search help,
  – resource access queries and requests for new resources,
  – urgent literature search services.
  For any queries about Discovery Library services, contact the team via online form, email or ring 01752 439111 (staffed hours 08.30 – 17.30 Monday – Friday).

• Your local NHS library may also be able to offer you some services – see the directory for details.

 

 

 

 

 

Databases (handout)

Search the NHS healthcare databases:

Databases include:

• AMED- covers topics for allied health professions including paramedics.
• British Nursing Index (BNI)- primarily of use for nurses but also includes allied health,
• CINAHL- international nursing & allied health incl. paramedics
• EMBASE- primarily European biomedicine- particularly good for pharmacology
• EMCARE-international nursing & allied health
• HMIC- health service management & organisation incl grey literature
• MEDLINE- most health topics including pre-hospital care 
• PsycINFO- psychology & psychiatry including psychological aspects of trauma/injury

Note- you will need an NHS Athens login.

Databases contain bibliographic records i.e. references. Whilst you won’t have fulltext access to all the articles, for some journals there will be a link to online access.

If an article you need is not available- please consider making an article request.

You can request literature searching and general enquiry services via the national library service.
If you need an urgent search or training on the use of resources please contact Discovery Library.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evidence Based Practice and CPD

A range of evidence-based resources are available to help inform patient care including:

• BMJ Best Practice (don’t use Internet Explorer, choose alternative browser)
  Evidence-based research, guidelines and expert opinion offering step-by-step guidance on diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention across specialties.****Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here).
  When prompted to Find your Organisation, type NHS in England.
  On 1st access you’ll be asked to create personal account to download free App***

• BNF and BNF for Children–should work automatically on NHS networked machine, if outside NHS network login with NHS Athens account.
  Click here to find out about the free BNF/BNFC App.

• ClinicalKey– clinical insight search tool which also gives access to over 1100 electronic books and 500 journals and other fulltext resources
  Note you will need an NHS Athens account (register here).

• Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)– provided by NICE. Summaries of the current evidence base & practical guidance on best practice for >300 primary care presentations, regular updates to all topics and up to 10 new topics each year

• Cochrane Library– collection of databases (details here) containing different types of high-quality, independent evidence such as Systematic Reviews, RCTs and Health Technology Assessments.

• Elearning for Health (ELfH) -Health Education England’s suite of high quality content free of charge training (topics incl. Paramedic programme) in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies.
  Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here)

• NICE Evidence– access to authoritative clinical & non-clinical evidence and best practice through a web-based portal. provided by NICE.

• TRIP Database– clinical search tool designed to allow health professionals to rapidly identify the highest quality clinical evidence for clinical practice.

 

 

 

Journals 

Full A-Z list of all journals– you will need an NHS Athens account- click here to register.

Selected Prehospital and Emergency Medicine journals below

If we don’t hold your required article may make an article request via the national library service

Journal	Coverage	Notes
Academic Emergency Medicine	1997-
Air Medical Journal	2007-
American Journal of Emergency Medicine	2007-
Annals of Emergency Medicine	2007-
BMJ	1840-
British Journal of Healthcare Assistants	2016-
Clinical Teacher	2004-
Disaster & Military Medicine	2015-
Emergency Medicine Australasia	2005-
Emergency Medicine Clinics of North America	2007-
Emergency Medicine Journal (EMJ)	1984-
Health Services Research	2002-
Injury	2007-
International Paramedic Practice	2016-
Journal of Emergency Medicine	2007-
Journal of Paramedic Practice	2009-
Prehospital Emergency Care	1997-
Resuscitation	2007-
Visual Journal of Emergency Medicine	2015-

 

 

 

 

 

Books

Electronic books available to SCAS (OpenAthens password required) are catalogued on SWIMS.

**LIST OF AVAILABLE EBOOKS BY SUBJECT AREA** (SWASFT and SCAS content)

 

 

 

 

Current awareness

You may find the following useful for keeping up-to-date.

• Prehospital Emergency Services Current Awareness Update (locally edited SCAS version with relevant fulltext links)
  Provides a digest of information supporting evidence based practice in pre-hospital, ambulance and emergency services incl. recent research, news and policy items, and relevant reports. Update is commissioned by the National Ambulance Research Steering Group.

 

• KnowledgeShare – sign up for targeted current awareness service that uses information about your professional interests to generate personalised current awareness bulletins straight to your email.

• Current Awareness bulletins created by the Library & Knowledge Service for NHS Ambulance Services in England
  –Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response
  –Further Research Needed 
  -Telephone Support in Prehospital Care 

 

• Pinboards for latest prehospital and paramedicine research created by North West Ambulance Service Librarian, Matt Holland. Includes topics such as
  • Paramedic Practice,
  • Older People and Prehospital Care 
  • Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response

   

• Feeds for the major journals in prehospital and emergency care

 

 

If you have problems accessing any of the content listed on this page please contact library.mailbox@nhs.net marking FAO Laura.