Dr Stephanie Armstrong joins CAHRU’s NEAT project team

Paramedic with patient in an ambulance

Dr Stephanie Armstrong joined CaHRU this month to work on the Wellcome Trust funded ‘Network exploring Ethics in Ambulance Trials (NEAT)’ project. She says, “I come to Community and Health Research Unit from a rather diverse background having begun my Continue reading Dr Stephanie Armstrong joins CAHRU’s NEAT project team

Reassurance important for ambulance services users: new qualitative study published in Health Expectations

Paramedic with patient in an ambulance

Researchers from CaHRU with colleagues from the School of Health and Related Research (ScHARR) at the University of Sheffield have published a new study: “Reassurance as a key outcome valued by emergency ambulance service users: a qualitative interview study” in Continue reading Reassurance important for ambulance services users: new qualitative study published in Health Expectations

Paramedics’ views on their role in an ambulance based trial of ultra-acute stroke

Paramedic driving an ambulance

Novel treatments for stroke are increasingly being tested and delivered in the ultra-acute period during initial presentation to ambulance services. In the first feasibility trial of nitroglycerin (glyceryl trinitrate) in ultra-acute stroke (RIGHT) there were early indications of improvements in Continue reading Paramedics’ views on their role in an ambulance based trial of ultra-acute stroke

New study on genetic tests for cardiovascular disease in primary care

Molecular model: DNA

In a world where genetic tests for coronary heart disease (CHD) are becoming increasingly commercially available, how do patients make sense of the results particularly when considered alongside the results from routine cardiovascular risk assessments undertaken by their general practitioner? Continue reading New study on genetic tests for cardiovascular disease in primary care