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Search Blocks for Prehospital and Emergency Care

Text blocks for use in NICE Evidence Search HDAS.

Paramedic (short version)

Use this search block to search for items specific to paramedicine. For a more general search use the Search Filters for Prehospital Care, Paramedicine and Emergency Medical Dispatch. 

EBSCO - MEDLINE and CINAHL

  • Copy (Ctrl C) and Paste (Ctrl V) into EBSCO

paramedic* OR ambulance* OR EMS OR "Emergency Medical Service*" OR "Emergency Medical Technician*" OR "Emergency Nurse*"

OVID – EMBASE and EMCARE

  • Copy (Ctrl C) and Paste (Ctrl V) into OVID

paramedic* OR ambulance* OR EMS OR "Emergency Medical Service*" OR "Emergency Medical Technician*" OR "Emergency Nurse*"

NICE Evidence Search - MEDLINE and CINAHL

  • Copy (Ctrl C) and Paste (Ctrl V) into HDAS

(paramedic* OR ambulance* OR EMS OR "Emergency Medical Service*" OR "Emergency Medical Technician*" OR "Emergency Nurse*").ti,ab

NICE Evidence Search – EMBASE and EMCARE

  • Copy (Ctrl C) and Paste (Ctrl V) into HDAS

(paramedic* OR ambulance* OR EMS OR "Emergency Medical Service*" OR "Emergency Medical Technician*" OR "Emergency Nurse*").ti,ab

Updated 03 November 2020