Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee

Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee
Full name Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee
Native name JRCALC
Founded 1989
Country United Kingdom
Website

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. The first meeting of JRCALC was in 1989 and was hosted by the Royal College of Physicians, London.

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. The Guidelines are produced by the JRCALC Guideline Development Group (JRCALC-GDG) hosted by the University of Warwick.[4]

Executive committee

Members

Ambulance Service Association

British National Formulary

College of Paramedics

British Association for Immediate Care

Directors of Clinical Care (DOCCs)

College of Emergency Medicine

Health Professions Council

Resuscitation Council

Royal College of Anaesthetists

Royal College of General Practitioners

Royal College of Midwives

Royal College of Nursing

Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology

Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health

Royal College of Physicians

Royal College of Psychiatrists

Staff Side Ambulance Council

Guideline Development Group Members

The guideline development group relies upon the unpaid work of numerous clinicians to complete the systematic reviews to support the guidelines.[5]

Guidelines

References

  1. JRCALC http://jrcalc.org.uk/
  2. "Updated position paper following JRCALC recommendations on paramedic intubation" (PDF). College of Paramedics. 2008-09-22.
  3. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/hsri/emergencycare/prehospitalcare/jrcalcstakeholderwebsite/airwaymanagement/endotrachealintubationbyparamedics
  4. http://jrcalc.org.uk/
  5. http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/hsri/emergencycare/prehospitalcare/jrcalcstakeholderwebsite/competing_conflict_interest/
  6. JRCALC Guidelines History http://jrcalc.org.uk/guidelines_history.html
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