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		<title>Some jobs are really interesting&#8230;..</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 08:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was just reading a post over at Medic999&#8217;s blog where he talks about an interesting job that he went to, not interesting because of the events that led up to the 999 call or the interventions that he used, but because of the person that he met.  This has reminded me of a job [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whats your Diagnosis?</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/ambulance/whats-your-diagnosis</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:04:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have recently seen a patient that confused me, two of my colleagues and a number of ED Doctors, so what do you think is wrong with this patient&#8230;.?

&#8230;..responder on scene about 3 minutes ahead of you. &#8220;The patient is presenting with shortness of breath, bi-laterally bubbly chest sounds and maybe a wheeze.  I&#8217;m thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smash the Place Up</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/ambulance/smash-the-place-up</link>
		<comments>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/ambulance/smash-the-place-up#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 13:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paramedic Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emergency call to an old peoples home nearby, elderly male with alzeihmers, threatening to smash the place up&#8230;.

&#8230;what made them decide an ambulance would be a good resource to send???
We regularly get calls of this nature and they always call an ambulance, its not too disimilar to being called for someone that is intoxicated.
At the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chronicles of EMS &#8211; Episode 1</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/other/chronicles-of-ems-episode-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/other/chronicles-of-ems-episode-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 07:39:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paramedic Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first Episode of the Chronicles of EMS (COEMS) was launched last night in San Fransicsco and online.  So as all the people at the launch party were Tweeting that they were on their way home from the party, I got up and watched it online.
If you have no idea what COEMS is you can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Paediatrics, one job I couldn&#8217;t do!</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/education/paediatrics-one-job-i-couldnt-do</link>
		<comments>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/education/paediatrics-one-job-i-couldnt-do#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:23:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Its been a while since my last post, however I have been doing my final set of clinical placements and am due back on the road this week.

One of my placements was on a Paediatric ward at a far away hospital.  It was during this placement that I realised that I couldn&#8217;t work on a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vulture&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/education/vulture</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 20:41:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paramedic Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started my theatre placements today which was a very strange experience. It made me feel like I was a vulture, circling, waiting for my next victim patient&#8230;..


I have to spend the next three week in hospital, 2 weeks of which are in Operating Theaters.
The idea of the two weeks of placements are so that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Here One Minute, Gone the Next!</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/ambulance/here-one-minute-gone-the-next</link>
		<comments>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/ambulance/here-one-minute-gone-the-next#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:24:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.paramedicblogger.com/?p=169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You were quick!&#8221; says the very pale looking man who answered the door.  He looked like the person that we were calling to see &#8211; a male in his 70&#8217;s who is complaining of shortness of breath with hemoptysis, hence the small amount of blood on his top lip coming from his nose and mouth.


I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Sudden Realisation</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/ambulance/a-sudden-realisation</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 20:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently I had an Epiphany&#8230;.

a Sudden Realisation that I was going to be a Paramedic!
We were called to a nursing home to a male with a report BM of 1.8 (this is a low blood sugar level that could result in unconsciousness)&#8230;.

&#8230;on the way we were informed that we were being backed up by a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Did you Choose Well… The NHS Way!</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/funny/did-you-choose-well%e2%80%a6-the-nhs-way</link>
		<comments>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/funny/did-you-choose-well%e2%80%a6-the-nhs-way#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jan 2010 18:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Paramedic Blogger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following my blog post Did you Choose Well….? 
A blog reader sent me the photo below about how they were advertising the Choose Well programme

And I thought I would share it with you!



Share and Enjoy:


	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	
	


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		<title>Carers Leave Patient on Floor for an Hour Illeagaly!</title>
		<link>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/ambulance/carers-leave-patient-on-floor-for-an-hour-illeagaly</link>
		<comments>http://www.paramedicblogger.com/ambulance/carers-leave-patient-on-floor-for-an-hour-illeagaly#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 08:33:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Carers Leave Patient on Floor for over an Hour Illegally!&#8221; now that would be an interesting headline in a news paper, although we know it will more likely be &#8220;Ambulance takes an Hour to attend to Terminally ill man!&#8221;&#8230;.
So why might we see a headline like this&#8230;..
I keep blogging about the inappropriate ways that people [...]]]></description>
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