Ron Bowles

TL;DR: The paramedic profession is experiencing a shift that appears to deviate or at least place a tension on traditional views or models of practice, resulting in intended or actual clinical and professional boundaries that may require the profession to re-think how it is defined and/or shaped.

TL;DR: Consistent definitions of MG populations will support meta-analysis and pooling of data sources internationally, creating a foundation for risk assessment as well as illness and injury prediction modeling, and support methodology for evaluating health promotion, harm reduction, and clinical-response interventions at MGs.

TL;DR: The development of a series of event lenses that serve as a beginning “ MG event model,” complimenting the “MG population model” reported elsewhere are described, addressing a gap in the current body of knowledge.

TL;DR: A framework for describing key characteristics of paramedic practice was emerged from a qualitative study conducted to identify potential research directions and opportunities to advance paramedicine and paramedic education at Justice Institute of British Columbia in Canada.

TL;DR: Using an operations lens, two concepts are presented, the “vortex” and the "ripple,” as metaphors and a theoretical model for exploring the broader impact of MGs on host communities, which have both consumptive and disruptive effects that extend beyond the event itself.