9 June 2022
Trips this year
Bayleigh describes the field trips enjoyed by Animal Behaviour students in their first year. Read more…
Amy Kyle
Faculty: Health, Education, Medicine and Social Care
Course:
BSc (Hons) Paramedic Science
Category: Allied and public health
23 June 2015
Placement is like nothing else, you see so many people every single shift. Rarely seeing the same person, but sometimes finding connections between your patients. Each and every patient is like a mystery to be solved, you have to work out what you think may be wrong in a timely manner and act appropriately.
I have had my (overly) fair share of really interesting and complicated jobs, however it is really luck of the draw. Others haven’t been so ‘lucky’ with their patients, but they are now really hot on assessment and are more skilled in different aspects of care than I am. You need to be thinking about eight different things at once, all whilst listening to the patient as they often give clues in their history as to what is their presenting complaint.
So, here’s a quick round up of things I’ve learnt so far, in my first year studying Paramedic Science…
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