Heroin Overdose
Heroin overdose or other opiate poisoning is an emergency that most paramedics and ambulance staff will be familiar with. However, there are some elements that can cause uncertainty for responders. Wh...
17 Mai 20231h 7min
Hanging
Content Warning This podcast features discussion of suicide and hanging. Hanging is one of the most common methods of suicide in the western world. Ambualnce crew are likely to come across these cas...
14 Apr 20231h 3min
Ankle Injury
Ankle injuries present to ambulance staff across a wide spectrum, from the minor soft tissue injury that can be discharged on scene, to the fracture dislocation. We need to be confident in assessing a...
13 Mar 20231h 3min
Asthma
Asthma is the most common lung pathology in the UK. Managing exacerbations of the disease is something paramedics and emergency teams should be well versed in. In this months episode we review the pat...
17 Feb 20231h 17min
Strep-A & Scarlet Fever
Its a topic that's been in the news a lot recently. This year is seeing a particularly high number of Strep A infections in the UK, this naturally translates to a higher number of complications and ca...
10 Jan 202336min
Remote Clinical Support and Top Cover
This month we discuss how to get the best out of remote clinical support or "top cover" calls. There are a number of human factors issues that can be at play for paramedics making emergency and urgent...
20 Nov 20221h
Headache
This month we're looking at headaches, this is a condition with a wide range of causes, from the seemingly benign migraines and tension headache to more sinister causes such as the infamous " thunder ...
20 Okt 20221h 9min
Epistaxis
This month we're taking a look at Epistaxis. It's a common presentation with a varied degree of severity. You might not think there's much to learn about managing a nose bleed, but that's where you'd...
11 Sep 20221h 2min
