What’s in these Terms and Conditions?
These terms and conditions outline the rules and expectations of using iCPG and JRCALC Plus, the JRCALC apps.
Background: The JRCALC Apps
The JRCALC apps, are for information purposes only and are neither a diagnostic or treatment tool. By accessing these apps, you agree to these terms and conditions of use.
The iCPG app is intended for use by individual clinicians using iOS and Android devices. A subscription can be purchased via the Apple App Store or Google Play.
The JRCALC Plus app is a bespoke service which integrates the national JRCALC Guidelines with bespoke local information. The app is intended for adoption by ambulance services and other organisations. It is available to these ambulance service or organisation users with iOS or Android devices. By agreement in writing, some bespoke Windows desktop versions are also available.
Disclaimer
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee have made every effort to ensure that the information, tables, drawings and diagrams contained in these guidelines are accurate at the time of publication. However, the guidelines are advisory and have been developed to assist healthcare professionals, and patients, to make decisions about the management of the patient’s health, including treatments. This advice is intended to support the decision-making process and is not a substitute for sound clinical judgement. The guidelines cannot always contain all the information necessary for determining appropriate care and cannot address all individual situations; therefore, individuals using these guidelines must ensure they have the appropriate knowledge and skills to enable suitable interpretation.
JRCALC has referenced NICE in these guidelines. NICE guidance is prepared for the National Health Service in England and is subject to regular review and may be updated or withdrawn. NICE has not checked the use of its content in these guidelines to confirm that it accurately reflects the NICE publications from which it is taken.
Users of these guidelines must always be aware that alterations after the date of publication cannot be incorporated into the printed edition.
The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives and the Joint Royal Colleges Ambulance Liaison Committee do not guarantee and accept no legal liability of whatever nature arising from or connected to, the accuracy, reliability, currency or completeness of the content of these guidelines.
Although some modification of the guidelines may be required by individual ambulance services, and approved by the relevant local clinical committees, to ensure they respond to the health requirements of the local community, the majority of the guidance is universally applicable to NHS ambulance services.
Modification of the guidelines may also occur when undertaking research sanctioned by a research ethics committee.
Whilst these guidelines cover a range of paramedic treatments available across the UK they will also provide a valuable tool for a range of care providers. Many of the assessment skills and general principles will remain the same. All clinical staff must practise within their level of training and competence and registered health care professionals are accountable for their own clinical practice. These guidelines are aimed at supporting clinical practice. In some circumstances, particularly because of the nature of prehospital care and the types of situations that are encountered, variation from standard clinical practice as described in these guidelines may be needed. Any deviation from standard practice and the reason for deviation must always be documented in the patient care record.
JRCALC data retention
Class hold records for all JRCALC content and updates since 2012.
The archive of JRCALC updates is available on the AACE website. This is updated via a feed, which is managed by Class Publishing.
JRCALC Clinical Practice Guidelines – aace.org.uk
Since the inception of the apps in 2017, Class stores the guideline data indefinitely on a git repository. We are able to retrieve all guideline data from this repository for any given date going back to December 2017.
Privacy
Class Publishing Ltd will hold any information that you provide to us confidentially.
Privacy: iCPG
When you create an account on iCPG we ask for your name and email address so we know who you are. We use a trusted third-party supplier to hold this user data securely. Class Professional Publishing collects data on who has logged into iCPG.
The iCPG app logs which guideline and medicine pages you have been reading and stores these on your device. To see these, go to View Account > Email Usage Log.
Privacy: JRCALC Plus
We register users for JRCALC Plus according to the user list provided by the ambulance service or organisation who have commissioned a bespoke JRCALC Plus app. We use a trusted third-party supplier to hold this user data securely.
Class Professional Publishing collects data on who has logged in to JRCALC Plus and sends this to the ambulance service or organisation who commissioned the app.
The JRCALC Plus app logs the time and date that you log in to the app, your clinical notice acknowledgments and PGD acknowledgments, and sends these to your ambulance service and Class Publishing.
Account deletion request: JRCALC Plus and iCPG
You can request that your personal data for JRCALC Plus/iCPG is deleted at any time. To do this, please email apps@class.co.uk from the email address associated with your account. You should list the relevant app, e.g. JRCALC Plus or iCPG in the email. Please allow 5 working days for your request to be processed. We will delete your personal data from the relevant app from our systems. Please note that this means you will no longer be able to access the functionality of JRCALC Plus/iCPG, or any acknowledgements you have completed within the app.
Your Rights
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other information rights laws, you have rights as an individual which we will always respect. You can read more about your rights here: https://ico.org.uk/
FAQs
Read the JRCALC Plus FAQ here.
Read the iCPG FAQ here.
Contacting Us
Class Professional Publishing will be pleased to answer any questions you have about the JRCALC apps. You can call us on 01278 427826 or email us at apps@class.co.uk.