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11 October 2022
A typical day in the life of a paramedic is hectic at best, and ARU student paramedics have the privilege to experience this first-hand with the East of England and London ambulance services from their 3rd trimester. Read more…
11 August 2017
Alex describes his ambulance placement shift with the Joint Response Unit (JRU). It's a branch of special operations where a paramedic will only respond to police-generated calls or emergency 'Red 1' call-outs. Read more…
11 August 2017
Alex describes his busy emergency calls for his final shifts of ambulance service placement: including chest compressions and an uncooperative stab wound victim. Read more…
8 August 2017
Camden ambulance station, Friday: three crews were at base all enjoying a rare occurrence - being sent back for break! Then the call came in... Read more…
3 August 2017
Life on placement with the London Ambulance Service is certainly never quiet. On a recent night shift in Camden, I attended 11 patients as part of a Fast Response Unit. Read more…
12 July 2017
Alex deals with a traumatic cardiac arrest and a man hurt by a washing machine on placement with his fast response unit. 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…
20 June 2017
Alex talks about the Patient Assessment and Management module, scenario work practicing trauma and critical care (and pretending to be a patient) and making films about his Paramedic Science course. Read more…
31 May 2017
My out-of-ambulance placement has concluded, with two weeks at a secure mental health hospital, and in district nursing. We're now halfway through our Paramedic Science degree. Read more…
31 May 2017
In the past two weeks I have had both assessment and maternity placement; spending shifts on an Acute Medical Unit (AMU) and labour ward. 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…
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