Safe Discharge
Discharging a patient is one of the riskier areas of practice for paramedics and ambulance clinicians, so it is essential that we appropriately safety net our patients and do this well, to protect the...
10 Joulu 202157min
Bronchiolitis
This month we take a look at a paediatric condition...Bronchiolitis. We discuss the pathophysiology of the disease, how paramedics and ambulance staff can assess and manage these children and what the...
19 Marras 20211h 2min
Urinary Tract Infection (UTI)
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are an extremely common presentation to both primary and secondary care services. The term UTI encompasses a wide range of clinical conditions so we need to be confiden...
11 Loka 20211h
Mentorship: The Failing Student
This month we're tackling Failure: the difficult decisions, the awkward conversations but also the improvement and learning that can come out of it.
13 Syys 202139min
Mentorship
Becoming a mentor can be a bit of a mixed bag. Some trusts may insist their mentors sit a module on the topic at level 6 or higher, where as others may not even require them to have passed their NQP s...
10 Elo 20211h 9min
Acute Cocaine Toxicity
Cocaine might be a drug you associate with the 1980s, however, a 2018 audit found that it was still the 2nd most used recreational drug within the UK. Deaths associated with cocaine doubled between 20...
17 Helmi 202143min
Lower Back Pain
Affecting an estimated 80% of the population at some time in their lives, Lower back pain is a common presentation to ambulance crews. Often this will be muscular in origin, however there are many ser...
20 Joulu 20201h 15min
RTC Pt 2: Listeners Questions
This is the Second part of our 2 part mini series looking at Road Traffic Collision. In this episode we put your questions to Adam Barrow, head of collision research at TRL. Is closing speed a usefu...
21 Loka 202042min
