Join students from across our University for a behind-the-scenes look at life at ARU..
Find out what they do on a daily basis, what they’re inspired by in class, the challenges they face and what they get up to outside of teaching hours. Share in their journey from the first few days in a new course to graduation!
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19 April 2022
I moved to the UK from Ireland in order to study Paramedic Science. This was not a decision I took lightly. I did a lot of research into paramedic education and paramedic practice in the UK. Education for paramedics in the UK is extremely advanced, and yet it is still constantly developing. Read more…
12 July 2017
My return to frontline emergency ambulance placement has been met with blood, flesh, bones, tears, torn clothes and distraught relatives. Read more…
5 May 2017
My hospital placement has commenced with the first of five weeks on an intensive care unit (ICU). It has been truly eye opening. Read more…
7 April 2017
Alex takes part in a massive exercise for the emergency services, to train for responding to a mass casualty incident on a catastrophic scale. Read more…
23 December 2016
Alex paints a picture of his last week on placement block one for the second year of the BSc Paramedic Science degree. Read more…
24 November 2016
Working a busy night shift with his paramedic mentor and her emergency ambulance crewmate, Alex gets to cannulate two patients. Read more…
18 November 2016
Alex talks about practising the advanced clinical skills paramedics are able to do, and the case study he is writing about a patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Read more…
16 November 2016
Alex describes working at ARU Open Days, where his next placement will be and his volunteering for London's Air Ambulance. Read more…
20 October 2016
Alex sees his paramedic mentors on TV, starring in the BBC's "Ambulance". Read more…
12 July 2016
Alex describes a call on his final week of first year placement - to a baby that might have suffered a cardiac arrest. Read more…
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