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Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee

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Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee
Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee
JRCALC
Founded1989
Location
Websitewww.jrcalc.org.uk Edit this at Wikidata

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

Operations

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

Executive committee

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Guideline Development Group members

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

Guidelines

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References

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