Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee
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| 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
- Chairman - Dr Wim Blancke
- Joint honorary secretaries - Dr Fiona Jewkes & Mr M O'Flaherty
- Honorary treasurer - Dr Fionna Moore
- Committee administrator - Ms Carole Long
Members
Ambulance Service Association
- Dr Gillian Bryce
- Professor Michael Langman
- Dr Jeremy Mayhew
- Dr David McManus
- Mr Paul Phillips
- Mr John Nichols
- Mr Phil Pimlott
- Dr John Scott
- Ms Rachel Ryan
- Mr Roland Furber
- Professor Andy Newton
British Association for Immediate Care
- Dr David Zideman
Directors of Clinical Care (DOCCs)
- Dr John Stephenson
- Mr Darren Walter
- Dr Henry Guly
- Dr Fionna Moore
- Dr Alison Walker
- Mr Mark Woolcock
Resuscitation Council
- Dr Mick Colquhoun
Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Dr Wim Blancke
- Professor Charles Deakin
- Dr Michael Ward
Royal College of General Practitioners
- Dr Iain McNeil
- Dr Simon Stockley
- Dr Simon Brown
- Mrs Claudette Reid
- Mr Mike Hayward
- Mrs Fizz Thompson
- Professor Tom Quinn
Royal College of Obstetrics & Gynaecology
- Dr Helen Simpson
Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
- Dr Quen Mok
- Dr Julian Sandell
- Dr Helen Booth
- Dr Tom Evans
- Dr Liam Penny
- Dr Howard Swanton
- Dr David Smith
Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Professor Richard Williams
Staff Side Ambulance Council
- Mr Sam Oestreicher
Guideline Development Group Members
- Dr Simon Brown - Chairman
- Professor Matthew Cooke - Project Director
- Dr Joanne Fisher - Senior Research Fellow
- Mr Stephen Hines - Paramedic Project Advisor
- Mr Mike Smyth - Paramedic Project Advisor
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
- Version 3 - April 2006
- Version 4 - April 2013 AACE http://aaceguidelines.co.uk/
References
- ↑ JRCALC http://jrcalc.org.uk/
- ↑ "Updated position paper following JRCALC recommendations on paramedic intubation" (PDF). College of Paramedics. 2008-09-22.
- ↑ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/hsri/emergencycare/prehospitalcare/jrcalcstakeholderwebsite/airwaymanagement/endotrachealintubationbyparamedics
- ↑ http://jrcalc.org.uk/
- ↑ http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/hsri/emergencycare/prehospitalcare/jrcalcstakeholderwebsite/competing_conflict_interest/
- ↑ JRCALC Guidelines History http://jrcalc.org.uk/guidelines_history.html