1st hour of my shift and I’ve been told I don’t no what I’m doing, I’m going to be sued, I’m going to be sold to the press and I’m a c**t. Happy Sunday folks
#EDweekends
Probably a unpopular opinion but I really think it’s time to stop broadcasting ambulance programs. I don’t see the benefits. It’s intrusive,it’s fake, it wrongly educates the public, increases our workload, shows good staff but also bad practise and unsafe practise
#Ambulance
Nan- here you go son I’ve got you some nice m&s biscuits for the fire fighters at work
Me - thanks nan but I’m a paramedic and work for the ambulance service at a ambulance only station
Nan- ok ,well take them to the fire station anyway as they work hard
🙃😜
This week I sent home a crew that attended a horrific incident. One member clearly upset and still in shock and the other was doing his best to ignore everything. They didn't want to go home as it was busy and they were ‘ok’. right or wrong thing to do?
Delighted to announce I have joined
@emas
as a specialist practitioner this week after interviewing last year. Looking forward to my future in this position. I will be based at Kettering covering Northamptonshire, looking forward to meeting everyone. 🚑
#criticalcare
#urgentcare
Great to see the chain of survival at its finest tonight. Collapse, gym staff and defib straight to pt side,
@GoodSamApp
activation to me, 1 minuet on scn time followed by
@EMASNHSTrust
@_EliteEMS
patient now sat up in hospital. All I went out for was a cheeky Macdonalds 🙃🚑🚑
How is it possible one trust has this standard of fleet and another has 12 year old skoda’s that are literally falling apart and not fit for purpose 🙈🤯🤯🤯
Visited our vehicle commissioning centre this morning - all of these vehicles almost ready for TeamLAS to use! All are electric, hybrid or low weight diesels that use 20% less fuel than normal ambulance
@Ldn_Ambulance
To add to this for more info I sent them back to station for welfare support, organised trim follow up and appointed a manager for direct support, they were not forced to go home alone but shift completely stopped and I actually advised they went out for food and a drink
Could you imagine if all trust were this proactive, supportive and invested in its staff and most sickest patients 👀🚑
The world would be a better place, staff would be happy, more would be retained, better performance and most important patient care ++
2 weeks of the most mentally and physically challenging course,completing the 2023 pre hospital emergency medical crew course (HEMS crew course)but by far the best course I have ever been on and will be career changing for me 🚁🚨🚑
#PHEMCC2023
@phemcc
@GNairambulance
Many years ago I had to stay in a tent for several weeks while completing my EMT course, I’m now staying in a golf course and spa in the honey moon suit for my hems course. Good measurement of progress 🤣🤣
This is tragic but there’s an opportunity to raise awareness. Right now the UK would not be able to deal with this to a satisfactory level due to No. resources required, skills available, specialist services being promptly available, hospitals already in major incident .1/2
🚨BREAKING: MARYLAND GOV DECLARES STATE OF EMERGENCY
A cargo ship appeared to have lost power moments before it crashed into the Key Bridge in Maryland causing it to collapse.
Having an absolutely incredible time with
@GNairambulance
on the 2023 PHEM crew course. By far the best course I’ve done in my career and would recommend it to any clinician with a interest in PHEM / critical care 🚁🚨
Yesterday morning, with all of us by his side, dad passed away after a very brief and unexpected battle with cancer. This is an incredibly heartbreaking loss for us all, and we are utterly devastated, we will truly miss him as a beloved dad and grandad forever. RIP dad ❤️
I felt bad for going against their wishes but I honestly felt it was the best for them and they appeared much more relieved when they were driven back to station.
2 weeks of the most mentally and physically challenging course,completing the 2023 pre hospital emergency medical crew course (HEMS crew course)but by far the best course I have ever been on and will be career changing for me 🚁🚨🚑
#PHEMCC2023
@phemcc
@GNairambulance
Really interesting moment last night with a staff member at the Bp garageI stopped at to buy team coffee’s and cookies for a de-brief I was about to do and when the staff member passed them all over he said I really hope it wasn’t that bad despite no conversation between us 😂
After years of of watching the course develop I’ve finally bit the bullet and booked for may 2024, looking forward to meeting new friend’s and learning a lot !
Great day working between both teams yesterday delivering true critical care to the sickest patients. Highlighting the real reason and motivation we volunteer with
@BHECCS
with big thanks to
@EastAngliAirAmb
and
@t_riple9
We've had 2 teams out yesterday, some stats:
20 hours of cover
335 miles travelled
8 patients treated
3 hospitals in Beds, Herts& Cambs
We finished the night working together with
@EastAngliAirAmb
colleagues.
Our charity receives no government funding, thank you to our donors
A great first 3 weeks, with a variety of challenging medical and trauma incidents,
@BHECCS
cared for dozens of patients and provided support to many 🚑 crews
@EEAST_HART
promised I could take the polaris for a spin next time if I let them drive our Volvo. I'll hold you to that!
The system works at times.I’ve just returned from Greece, called 111 for my little boy within an hour from time of call, seen by the gp, prescribed all his meds needed. Thank you to the very helpful gp ! 🚨
Shout out to blue watch at the mounts for rescuing my child today who locked himself in his mothers car 🙈🙃
@northantsfire
cakes and beers will follow tomorrow 😂
Our team do a lot of call backs and on average we have been able to redirect 60% of 111 referrals to the ambulance service, most of them being c2 calls ! I believe there should be a process of ambulance services actually accepting the calls rather than them being auto passed over
As a paramedic the 111 comment is one that I really can get behind. I can’t tell you how many patients we respond to who open the door with “we didn’t want/need an ambulance but 111 said they had to send one”. The NHS is and always will be (to its own detriment), too risk-averse.
A two-week intensive course for aspiring air ambulance medics condensed into 12 seconds. 🎦
Our PHEM Crew Course 2023 is complete! We really put participants through their paces, that's for sure. 😅
#Doctor
#Paramedic
#AirAmbulance
The post could be damaging in so many ways , what if this was a area of difficulty for the student ? What if this was their first time? What if they were generally struggling ?the student involved has unfortunately seen this post but has thankfully got the support of many.
I have have the honour of being able to work with
@londonsdrcosmo
occasionally due to his immense support to
@BHECCS
. Tune into Channel 4 tonight to see the legend and see the calibre of clinician we have at
@BHECCS
Dr Cosmo Scurr offers an insight into being a London’s Air Ambulance Consultant, as well as behind the scenes of
@Channel4
's documentary Emergency:
#C4Emergency
And most of know this. We’ve apologised and said we would learn from previous incidents but we haven’t really and we still don’t do enough. So what will it take to change, how many times can we say we will ‘learn from this’ and say sorry to the family’s and victims we will fail
Remember staff are only happy when they are moaning, when we are not moaning be very worried 😂 I have a strong analogy that if you gave each member of staff a £20 note on the way in every morning as good will gesture someone will eventually moan they want it in 2x£10 notes 😂😂
We're growing the team & would love for you to join us, supporting patients in their hour of need!
We are looking for experienced Critical Care Paramedics& Doctors to join our volunteer scheme supporting patient across NHS
@EastEnglandAmb
area
More info:
My thoughts are with everyone involved in the Southport incident today. There are no words for these events. Take care of all your loved ones, friends, colleagues 💔💚
Morning all, I am looking to conduct short interviews with ccps and doctors on the past,present and future of hems/pre hosp crit care for a presentation. Would last no more than 20 mins (phone/teams)but could also be done via email. Please get in touch if you can help. Thanks
If two vehicles have a head-on collision & each are travelling at 50mph, please do not describe this as a ‘100mph crash’. The vehicle/pt went from 50mph to 0mph. 💥 🚗
Do you want to join a pre hospital critical care team that is making a difference to patients on a weekly basis? expert medical directorate , industry leading training faculty team, highly motivated, highly driven and always developing !!! Apply today 🚑🚑
Another brilliant joint training day with
@EastEnglandAmb
@HFRS
@RescueFitUK
We train with our partners to ensure we're well drilled for emergencies. We learn from each other & strengthen professional relationships
Since BHECCS inception we've offered 70+ places to our partners
@MellyCC73
In my experience it makes the wrong people stop calling as they’ve seen we are busy and didn’t want to waste our time, when they probably need us the most
🚨🚨🚨HINTS/TIPS/INFO NEEDED🚨🚨🚨
I have a HART interview next week and would appreciate any hints/tips for interview and any general info from current operatives on day to day hart life
Co- parenting is a whole new level of bandwidth,CRM, human factors and way to really test your max load 🤣😅 tomorrows a new day 😊 hats off to all the single parents out there !
We are still recruiting for critical care paramedics / advanced paramedics and Doctors to join our team. Please apply today and follow our criteria, happy to answer any questions.
Our busiest shift ever! Today we had 2 teams out, 1 x Dr/CCP & 1 x CCP/Para car, covering Beds & Herts
We were dispatched to 13 emergencies during our shift (3 medical & 10 Trauma) across the 2 counties.
Thanks to
@EEAST_AirOps
CCD for dispatching us
📸 from Luton airport
Looking forward to being a candidate on the
@GNairambulance
PHEMCC next month. Do I have any contact out there that have attended this course and have any hints/tip on how best to prepare or similar hems/phem crew courses
Our newest volunteer recruit gets behind the wheel!
Paramedic Aaron was showing his son around the BHECCS scheme vehicle during a training session. He found it really enjoyable, and loved putting the blue lights on!
We didn't let him drive yet (as he couldn't reach the pedals)
Absolutely appalling customer service from
@SKODAUK
my brand new car has broken down twice in less than 12 hours and now I’m left with no working vehicle for hospital appointments or my shift in hospital tomorrow !!
#dontbuyaskoda
!
Positions available in Leicester
Paramedics -£30ph
ECP’s / paramedic practitioners -£50ph
Advanced practitioner with prescribing £65ph
10:00-22:00
Monday -Sunday
Flexible shift patterns available
Feel free to message me directly for more info
“We’re firefighting at this point.”
Daniel is an ambulance crew member and has gone undercover for
@C4Dispatches
to show how patients health could be affected by the crisis facing the NHS.
#C4undercoverambulance
Does anyone know if my gp surgery is pulling my leg or not? I’ve been taking melatonin via a private script for 6 months now due to my ADHD/MH. It’s worked a treat so it’s been sent across on a shared care document but the Gp said they can’t prescribe this to adults until 55 🤯
Evening I am looking for pre hospital aid memoirs specifically for critical care services/hems services / emergency action card. If anyone could share these with me it would be appreciated.
It’s that time of year again for the eldest 🙃forever great full for the paeds team on Paddington ward
@NGHnhstrust
true care and compassion with a smile despite their own struggles every time , thank you 💙
Specialist practitioner / paramedic / nurse roles now out for EMAS. Happy to answer any questions and support anyone interested in applying. A brilliant role that is developing and expanding further in the future. 🚨🚨🚨🚑🚑🚑🚑
⚠️🚑🩺📆Another exciting opportunity to join us and become part of the next cohort of Specialist Practitioners- Emergency & Urgent Care
@EMASNHSTrust
positions available across the Region.
Some unexpected but great learning moments this morning with
@LeechCaroline
firstly critical care isn’t all guns blazing some patients just need a spot of music and secondly no benefit to fingering any stab wounds to determine depth/severity, just assume bad
#youarewhatyoueat
🚨
A big thank you to Adam from
@ResusCouncilUK
with his help here, please see the below, I will continue to probe and do some more work on this as I have found the reaction to my question fascinating, thank you to everyone for getting involved
👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻 the traumatic jobs are manageable it’s the toxic cultures, the poor facilities, the unhealthy driving hours, late finishes, waiting several hours in hospital corridors, the lack of support …….
We need to stop explaining away the poor mental well-being across the ambulance workforce to simply ‘traumatic jobs’, and start having a serious conversation about the impact of constant and relentless performance measurement/management. From clocking on, to shift handover.