Posts Tagged 'hospital'

Paediatrics, one job I couldn’t do!

Categorized Under: Paramedic Education 2 Commented

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’t work on a [...]

Vulture…

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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…..

Emergency Call, 21 Month Old, Fallen From Chair, No other details….

Categorized Under: Ambulance No Commented

Emergency Call, 21 Month Old, Fallen From Chair, No other details.  Its Dark, rush hour, and a drive of over 20 minutes on blue lights on the motorway, dual carriageway and other urban roads to a new estate that I have only been too once before.
The street is very dark, all of the house numbers [...]

Woman’s 6 hour wait for an Ambulance

Categorized Under: Ambulance News No Commented

The BBC have recently done a story on a 92 year old lady who had to wait 6 hours for an ambulance following having a stroke.
Watch the video below or visit the BBC to read the article for yourself…..

before we discuss a few of the “facts” in this article, I will start by saying that [...]

Some Jobs Just Stick in your Mind…

Categorized Under: Ambulance No Commented

Just a short post tonight as its been a long busy day….

We see a lot of dead people in our job.  In the last 5 shifts I have seen three dead people, two of which there was absolutely nothing that we could do for them.  For these people we complete a Recognition of Life Extinct [...]