ABOUT THE PREHOSPITAL BRIEF

More than protocol.
Clarity for practice.

Prehospital care rarely fits neatly into an algorithm. The Prehospital Brief exists for the space between knowing the guidance and understanding the patient in front of you.

WHY WE BUILT IT

Clinical education should feel useful on shift.

Important evidence is often buried in long papers, fragmented across guideline updates, or stripped of the context that makes it clinically meaningful.

Our job is to find the question worth asking, examine the evidence behind it, and turn it into something concise enough to read—but substantial enough to change how you think.

We are not here to replace clinical judgement or local guidance. We are here to sharpen both.

FOUNDED BY PARAMEDICS

Two clinical perspectives.
One editorial standard.

Phil Baker brings a particular interest in clinical evidence, critical appraisal, ECG interpretation, rescue medicine and the realities facing newly qualified clinicians.

Claudia Elizabeth Goward brings clinical experience, a sharp eye for clarity and the ability to turn difficult questions into discussions people actually want to join.

Every published brief is checked for clinical meaning, evidence, readability and practical relevance. The platform is independently owned and jointly led by us.

PBCGPhil & Claudia
Co-founders
HOW A BRIEF IS BUILT

Question first. Evidence next. Practice always.

Find the real question

A point of uncertainty, a change in guidance or a recurring clinical tension.

Interrogate the evidence

We work back to guidance and source evidence—not simply what is repeated online.

Add the context

We explore limitations, patient factors and why a rule may not tell the whole story.

Bring it back to practice

Each brief finishes with memorable, usable insight for the prehospital environment.

HELP SHAPE WHAT COMES NEXT

The best briefs begin with the questions clinicians are already asking.

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