Advanced Paramedic Practitioner working for #TeamWAST. Working a rotational model in the control centre, APP car & with a GP cluster. All views are my own
North Wales
Joined October 2020
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Can i ask all paramedics a favour? If a relative, friend or passerby has attempted CPR, can you please advise them how well they did and how they’ve given the patient the best chance of survival.
Its a small task for you but it will make a significant difference to them.
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This thread is great, and the word nurse could be replaced with many excellent clinical professions. We aren’t here for ego, it’s not even about us, it’s about the people we care for. Great thread 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 – at North West, England
Has anyone else been pinged by the HCPC this year? I’ve submitted my portfolio but it still says it needs action - do i need to do anything else?
Lovely evening at my neighbours wedding. I danced with a lady i attended 1.5 years ago with multiple spinal fractures following an RTC.
I wasn’t particularly sure she had a spinal injury, but my gut said immobilise -and i’m damn glad i did! 🕺💃
**North Wales Primary Care Clinicians***: Please can you code your observations during your consultations - its really useful during my ambulance shifts as it means I can see what observations are normal for that patient which therefore helps me provide better care.
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#Paramedics and ❇️FIT NOTES❇️ Please respond to this @DWPgovuk consultation. gov.uk/government/consultati… @CoP_PrimUrgCare @ParamedicsUK @Chris_Riggers @nandimedics Pls RT, share with colleagues and employers. (Pay attention to Q21)
Its alway lovely to receive thank you letters from patients, but i’m particularly chuffed to have received two on the same day! #plaudit
Pretty chuffed to have passed my OSCE after only 7.5 hours between shifts and less than 6 hours sleep. Just over a week to go until i’m finished 🤓💊🩺
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As our summers get warmer some of our people have asked for shorts to be provided as part of our uniform. I’m pleased to say that #TeamWAST will soon be able to access shorts for use at work in the summer months to make working in the hot weather more comfortable.
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Great opportunity to progress in research but remain clinical if you wish. Paramedic Senior Research Fellow 0.4 FTE working with a great team (I'm bias-it's my team😂). I'm committed to increasing opportunities to combine a research career with clinical so secondment is an option
ALT more info www.jobs.herts.ac.uk/go/051698 or DM me
Does anyone know the original reference for the medical model of history taking? The structured PC/HPC/PMH/DH/Allergies/FH/SH/SR approach
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Add in Independent Paramedic Prescribing to maximise impact of APPs in community & invest in upstream senior clinical decision making in contact centres. These are the answers to today’s emergency ambulance service challenges - not more ambulances taking more people to ED.
Unfortunately they day has finally come - I’ve been pinged during my renewal 😔 #ifyouknowyouknow
Evidence for the current updates:
nice.org.uk/guidance/ng232/e…
It would be great to see the evidence for why NICE has added anti platelet therapy as a reason to admit patients with head injury. My literature review for my dissertation in 2021 found mono therapy didn’t increase the risk, but dual therapy did significantly @NICEComms
