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 .
COVID-19 RESOURCES
Gov.uk COVID-19 Guidance for Ambulance Trusts
NHS England COVID-19 Specialty guides
Ambulance Services
Guidance for the role and use of non-invasive respiratory support in adult patients with coronavirus (confirmed or suspected)
Resuscitation Council UK
Statements on COVID-19, CPR and Resuscitation
College of Paramedics
COVID-19 information
COVID-19 daily alert research bulletin
Public Health England Knowledge and Library Services produce a daily alert containing links to research and news on the latest coronavirus outbreak.
If you would like to receive this email alert, which contains latest research articles and news from government departments, please contact libraries@phe.gov.uk.
They also have created the Finding the evidence: Coronavirus page.
Elearning for Health (ELfH) COVID-19 programme –
part of Health Education England’s elearning suite in partnership with the NHS and Professional Bodies including COVID-19 elearning resources for Paramedics
NEW CONTENT
12/01/2021 New ebook content added
Assessing Mental Capacity : A Handbook to Guide Professionals from Basic to Advanced Practice
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
02/02/2021 New edition Issue 87 & COVID-19 Supplement of the SCAS version of the national Prehospital Emergency Services Current Awareness Update
12/01/2021 New ebook content added
Oxford Handbook of Pre-Hospital Care
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
05/01/2021 New ebook content added
Communication in nursing and healthcare : a guide for compassionate practice
An Introduction to Qualitative Research
The SAGE Handbook of Coaching
Tortora’s principles of anatomy and physiology
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
14/12/2020 New ebook content added
Gray’s Anatomy
Note you will need a local NHS Athens account to access (register here)
02/12/2020 New ebook content added
Non-Medical Prescribing : A Course Companion
Understanding Clinical Papers
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 (staffed hours 08.30 – 17.30 Monday – Friday).
Databases (GUIDES AND VIDEOS)
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.****Note you will need a local NHS Athens account (register here). 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, COVID-19 programme including COVID-19 elearning resources for Paramedics) 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- | |
| British Paramedic Journal | 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
****List of selected Prehospital practice, research and education ebooks*****
Additional books available via SWIMS library catalogue (select SCAS as location)
and the LKS ASE Collections.
Access to Ross and Wilson anatomy and physiology in health and illness
All ebooks require NHS Athens account (register here).
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.
