Guide to the Literature of Paramedic Practice

Systematic Reviews

Systematic Reviews identify, appraise and synthesise research evidence using a scientific design based on explicit, pre-specified and reproducible methods. Systematic reviews focus on a single health care problem or condition with the aim of presenting the best possible evidence to aid decision making by clinicians and practitioners.

• NICE Evidence Search -  search results can be filtered by Systematic Reviews.
• The Cochrane Library
• PROSPERO - International prospective register of systematic reviews
• TRIP (Turning Research Into Practice)

Evidence-Based Summaries

Evidence-based summaries provide practical answers to specific clinical questions,  or address specific clinical conditions using the best available evidence. Authors of evidence-based summaries have conducted extensive searches of the literature and use the most recent research available at the time they are published.  Evidence-based summaries are designed to be brief, authoritative and accessible to the reader.  Evidenced-based summaries can be found on the web from these sources.

• BMJ Best Pracice. Requires an NHS OpenAthens ccount. 
• Critical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)
• BestBets