Allison, Serah Joan https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5864-1156
Docherty, Paul David
Pons, Dirk
Chase, James Geoffrey
Funding for this research was provided by:
NZ National Science Challenge 7, Science for Technology and Innovation (2019-S3-CRS)
Tertiary Education Commission (3705718)
Article History
Received: 1 September 2020
Accepted: 16 February 2021
First Online: 23 August 2021
Declarations
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: SA is employed as an ICP by the ambulance service in which this study was conducted, and is one of the AOs included and anonymised in the data. The authors declare no other conflicts of interest.
: The study was approved by the University of Canterbury Human Ethics Committee with reference HEC2018/46, and by the ambulance service Research Committee.
: In accordance with Ethics Committee approval, ambulance officers were contacted via the organisation’s internal email system, informed of the research, and provided with the option to opt out.
: In accordance with Ethics Committee approval, ambulance officers were advised of the intention to publish anonymised analysis of data in a reputable peer-reviewed journal in the same email that informed them of the research, and given the opportunity to opt out.