This Continuing Professional Development (CPD) module explores clinical decision making and reflection for paramedics. Both skills are essential for any healthcare professional to possess in that they underpin and enhance practice by providing a robust framework for structuring one’s thinking and subsequent actions. This article highlights the need for the study of clinical decision making, which forms a vital part of the paramedic’s practice. It provides a background to clinical decision making before presenting an example case study.

Paramedic Practice -