The Reality of Ramping for Student Paramedics
Ramping is real, and the sooner we set our students up for success in navigating this new way of working, the better. Educate them to expect long hours in limbo. Train them to titrate treatment over extended periods. Give them guidelines to let them meet the standards we’d like to see.
Hitting The Undo Button In The Ambulance
Undo buttons in ambulances don’t always make themselves obvious. Knowing how, why and when, or not, to go ahead is one thing, but knowing how to manage when something goes wrong, has to be our most sound safeguard in aiming for the safest of paramedic practice.
A First Responder Kind of Christmas
It may be holiday season for many, but in the world of a first responder, through busy, crazy, intense shifts our minds try not to wander.
Ambulance Driver or Paramedic?
As paramedics, whilst we often take great offence at being called ambulance drivers, the question is, when it’s our turn to drive, what exactly is it that we are providing?
If Paramedics Had The Ego of Ants
How do our egos look in comparison to our ant counterparts, and can we adopt a similar approach, so that we soften ours ever so slightly?
Ambulance Detectives
It’s not just new paramedics and healthcare professionals making errors. One of the most common causes of medical mistakes and misdiagnosis is that of overconfidence.
All Aboard! Welcoming Rapid Recruits Into Healthcare
Whether we like it or not, our numbers must increase right now, before the growing gap in every healthcare workforce begins to take its toll. There are strong opinions out there, however, both for and against, fast-tracking qualifications and streamlining induction into the ranks.
