Byrne, Eamonn http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3056-8081
Bury, Gerard
Article History
Received: 15 June 2017
Accepted: 11 January 2018
First Online: 8 February 2018
Compliance with ethical standards
: Exemption from full ethical review was granted by UCD Human Research Ethics Committee. Permission was given to recruit NAS personnel by NAS Research Committee. Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. The author works for the NAS on a frontline ambulance. The co-author is a university professor and General Practitioner, neither have managerial roles in the NAS. While the study was self-funded by the author, attendance at an international conference was sponsored by the National Ambulance Service in 2017.