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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 guidelines[citation needed]. The first meeting of JRCALC was in 1989 and was hosted by the Royal College of Physicians, London.[citation needed]
Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee | |
| JRCALC | |
| Founded | 1989 |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Website | www |
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.[citation needed] The Guidelines are produced by the JRCALC Guideline Development Group (JRCALC-GDG) hosted by the University of Warwick.[4]
Executive committee
- Chairman - Dr Wim Blancke[citation needed]
- Joint honorary secretaries - Dr Fiona Jewkes & Mr M O'Flaherty[citation needed]
- Honorary treasurer - Dr Fionna Moore[citation needed]
- Committee administrator - Carole Long[citation needed]
Guideline Development Group members
- Dr Simon Brown - Chairman[citation needed]
- Professor Matthew Cooke - Project Director[citation needed]
- Dr Joanne Fisher - Senior Research Fellow[citation needed]
- Stephen Hines - Paramedic Project Advisor[citation needed]
- Mike Smyth - Paramedic Project Advisor[citation needed]
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 - 2004[citation needed]
- Version 3 - April 2006[citation needed]
- Version 4 - April 2013 [7]
References
- ^ JRCALC http://jrcalc.org.uk/
- ^ "Updated position paper following JRCALC recommendations on paramedic intubation" (PDF). College of Paramedics. 22 September 2008.
- ^ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/hsri/emergencycare/prehospitalcare/jrcalcstakeholderwebsite/airwaymanagement/endotrachealintubationbyparamedics
- ^ http://jrcalc.org.uk/
- ^ "Membership and declarations of interest".
- ^ JRCALC Guidelines History http://jrcalc.org.uk/guidelines_history.html
- ^ AACE