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Addressing the challenge of student involvement in out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Get PDFManagement of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is a key requirement of qualified paramedics. However, paramedic students are rarely provided with hands-on experience in this skill. Reasons for this lack of exposure are numerous and include pragmatic challenges and ethical dilemmas for students, mentors and patients. Poor exposure of students to OHCA may lead to inferior outcomes for patients upon students' registration. Maximising students' exposure to OHCA should thus be a target of paramedic education. This article discusses the challenges associated with student involvement in OHCA and suggests greater tailoring of healthcare placements to address this shortfall in paramedic education
Patient Experience of Paramedic Interventions: The lived experience of patients in southern England.
No full textObjectives
Patient experience is considered an integral part of high-quality healthcare. The paramedic profession is developing rapidly and understanding what patients experience during a paramedic intervention is an essential part of further development of practice. The objective of this research is to explore patient’s experience of paramedic interventions from their perspective. This understanding of patient experience is important to the development of the profession as it strives for new and unique contributions to health and emergency care.
Methods
Qualitative, lived experience data were collected through semi-structured interviews and were analysed through phenomenological thematic analysis. This allowed participants to express their experience in their own words. Data analysis occurred alongside collection to assist with identification of data saturation and therefore sample size.
Results
The lived experience patients is described and is characterised by four themes (action conquers fear, stop my pain, the journey starts here, and treat me as a person). The recognition that paramedics provide an intervention that is part of a journey of care is also featured in the data.
Conclusions
The experience of patients of paramedics in southern England can be characterised as one that respects the desire for humane treatment, including the reduction of pain. Patients also place a high value on conspicuous action being taken as a possible means to reduce anxiety. It is notable that clinical competence and speed of response do not appear to feature
Graphically Speaking: CUD, Graphic Memoir, Indie Authenticity, and Autofiction
No full textIn 2019 the indie band CUD released a four-part serialised alternative comic book memoir, entitled CUD: Rich and Strange in Black Crown comics (later published in a collected edition (2020)). CUD have had a singular and loyal following since their conception as part of the second generation of the Leeds art school scene in the 1980s (Butt, 2022). From their art school roots the use of graphic narratives were central to the band’s identity, with their second album release featuring a graphic ‘origin story’ on the inside LP sleeve, created by bassist, literary editor, writer and graphic artist William Potter. In the 1990s CUD’s connection, through Potter, to comic book artists was significant with figures such as Jamie Hewlett (later of Gorillas) working with the band; his creation, Tank Girl was often drawn wearing a CUD badge.
Auto-biography as written narrative, seeks to give a glimpse into the personal details of the musician’s life as it relates to the collective reception of them as a musician and the music they create. The nature of first-person narration locates the musician as ‘I’ in the text with the voice providing visceral details to evoke mood, event and place. Most particularly the written narrative gives us the impression of a form of confessional, drawing us ever closer to the artist in question. The ‘graphic memoir’ of Rich and Strange eschews this form of literary telling. Using a consciously absurdist approach, evident throughout their career, CUD sought out an aesthetic that both connected with fans and simultaneously undermined their place in the music business.
Drawing on this conceptual underpinning their Rich and Strange comic strip (written by Potter and fellow artist and singer Carl Puttnam) sought to further subvert the ‘rock star narrative’ by presenting the band in their dotage in a care home, convinced they were still rock stars. They are plunged into a mystery story featuring guitarist Mike Dunphy as a villain. The narrative is littered with representations of ‘real’ events that occurred in the band’s history, such as early gigs and their appearance at Glastonbury in 1992.
There are moments where the audience/reader’s memories of the band connect with the memories of the aging Potter and Puttnam. It would be too easy to identify this as some form of simulacra where the difference between the real and the fictional collapses. Instead this chapter will draw on Gary Fine’s concept of authenticity in self-taught art and Denis Dutton’s notions of nominal and expressive authenticity this chapter will argue that the band and the comic strip connect with their audience because they recognise the fictionality and playfulness of their work as authentic.
Conclusions will address the extension of this conceptual project where Potter has continued to work with graphic artist Philip Bond on the crowd funded Geezer comic, where the representation of late ‘90s Britpop takes a more consciously satirical turn. The chapter will analyse how varying from the facts presents an authentic story of the band which will be recognised and understood by the fan
“It just tastes better than other meat…”: Satire and cannibalism after Jonathan Swift’s Modest Proposal (1729)
Get PDFThis article examines the trope of cannibalism in satire after Jonathan Swift’s A Modest Proposal (1727), identifying its function as a form of satiric exaggeration and vehicle for deconstruction. It also argues that cannibal satire demonstrates a reoccurring fascination with the privileging of the sensual above the intellectual. The taste for human flesh is mobilised to foreground the arbitrary and disturbing behaviours society can come to unthinkingly adopt when taste—as determined by governing fashions, cultural elites or newly emboldened publics—rather than reason becomes our guiding principle. In confronting readers and audiences with an invitation to accept cannibalism on the grounds of its sensual taste, couched in terms devoid of contempt, anger and disgust, Swift’s Modest Proposal challenges us to consider the extent to which our decision making is determined by either reason and critical discernment or gustatory satisfaction. Cannibalism also provides an allegorical framework for Swift and subsequent satirists to discuss politics, capitalism and animals. The enduring efficacy of this model will then be demonstrated through comparison to Matt Edmond’s mockumentary, Gregg Wallace’s Britain’s Miracle Meat. This type of cannibal satire, I modestly propose, helpfully illustrates the way satire in general uses exaggeration to stage critique. More significantly, this discussion of cannibal satire goes further still, making the case for satire’s ability to instill in readers a kind of critical habitus, encouraging them to rehearse their own reason and discernmen
Landscape & Extinction
Get PDFThis chapter considers the relationship between landscape and extinction. Specifically, it argues for bringing landscape studies (and theories) into conversation with humanities research on extinction in three key areas. Firstly, concern with landscape’s ‘visuality’ emphasises how engagements with extinction manifest and mobilise normative ‘ways of seeing’ our surroundings; with implications for how such landscapes are planned, encountered, and thought of. Secondly, reflecting on the phenomenology of landscape captures how extinction processes contribute to (or diminish) specific landscape experiences and possibilities. Finally, considering the relationship between time, landscape, and extinction facilitates reflections upon the ‘temporality’ of the landscapes amidst our arrival into the Anthropocene. Thus, the chapter underlines the pursuance of work in these registers as central to an agenda for landscape and planning research seeking to respond to the challenge of extinction and ground ecological crisis in everyday, lived scenes of land and life
Relational Commitment and Brand Loyalty in Member Initiated Online Brand Communities : The Trust-Commitment Theory Perspective
No full textUnlike company created OBCs, Member created online brand communities (OBCs), are characterised by stronger social activities and more diverse topics that may not be directly linked to the brands. This raises the question of whether active participation in member initiated OBCs leads to stronger brand loyalty. This paper applies the commitment-trust theory to test if users participation in member-initiated OBCs increases the loyalty of brand within community members. The commitment-trust theory indicates that correspondence bonds and reliability are key factors of significant relational variables in relationship marketing. We identify information quality and social usefulness as antecedents of correspondence bonds and reliability and brand loyalty as outcomes of the relationships. The model is verified through data obtained from 530 users of IT related online brand communities in South Korea. The observations of this work indicates the increase of brand bonds through sense of belongings and information quality that lead to improved trust and commitment on the OBCs. In particular, sense of belonging is an important factor for member initiated OBCs due to the higher level of independence from the brand companies. Also,we test the Direct, Indirect, and Total Effects of Trust on Brand bonds via OBC Commitment. The results highlight partial mediation between Trust and Brand Loyalty through OBC Commitment. The bootstrapping analysis also supports the robustness of the indirect effect, providing further evidence of the mediation process and relaiablity plays a critical role in influencing Brand Bonds
Quand la création s'empare de l'édition | When Creation Takes Over Publishing
No full text12th – 14th November 2025, at LILLIAD Learning Center Innovation in Villeneuve d’Ascq (University of Lille), France.
With the cooperation of an international scientific committee, the symposium When creation takes hold of publishing will undertake a study on the editorial processes put in place by the actors of contemporary art (artists, designers, writers, curators, publishers, etc.) and renewed by the massive use of digital technologies.
In parallel, a group exhibition will present publications by artists and writers exploring the form and materiality of the book, drawn from national and international collections. An artistic publishing project will also bring together fifty artists, invited to put the symposium's themes into practice in a modest, collaborative printed format.
my work exhibited is a book of newspaper headline anagrams 'The man who knew nothing' (2014
Do imports and inward FDI impact domestic R&D capability? Empirical evidence from BRIC economies
No full textTransforming Voter Behaviour in Nigeria’s South-East Region: Analysing the Impact of Socio-Economic Conditions, Electoral Irregularities and Sustainable Voters’ Education
No full textThis study explores the complexities of voter behaviour in the South-East region of Nigeria, examining the influences of socio-economic conditions, violence and electoral irregularities on voter participation. Through qualitative analysis of interview responses, it identifies critical factors that inhibit electoral engagement, such as poverty, insecurity and electoral malpractice. The study employs the Sustainable Voters’ Education (SVE) model to underscore the importance of comprehensive voter education in transforming voter behaviour and promoting regime stability. The model highlights key elements like awareness creation and ideological consistency, suggesting that an informed electorate can enhance political participation and support democratic institutions. Findings reveal significant voter apathy due to disenfranchisement and insecurity, impacting the South-East’s representation in national politics. The study recommends targeted policy interventions to address these challenges, emphasizing the need for transparent electoral processes, robust voter education programs and socio-economic improvements. Future research should investigate the effectiveness of digital voter education tools and the broader applicability of the SVE model across different regions. The study contributes to the discourse on electoral behaviour, offering insights into improving democratic governance through strategic voter education and policy reforms