UK Ambulance Service orientated Checklist system for pre-hospital high acuity incidents.
#ChecklistsSaveLives
. Designed and used by NHS Critical Care Paramedic
About me: I’m Nicholas. I’m an NHS Critical Care Paramedic with a history of teaching at Uni Paramedic Science courses. I am passionate about patient safety and truly believe that
#checklistssavelives
Quals: DipIMC RCSEd, MSc, BSc (Hons). PGCE Clinical Education
Any Qs? Ask away!
Hello! I am working nights over charles’ new hat day. As it’s a bank holiday, all new orders will be sent out Tuesday. Have a safe and lovely bank holiday weekend everyone ☺️🚑
A crew contacted me yesterday to say that they used the Maternity and Newborn Life Support MediMemo which enhanced their care and confidence. They said “we even had the APGAR score ready to give to the midwife”
Thank you for telling us your story, it’s really appreciated 🥹🥹
Had a student paramedic on the critical care car with me this week where we went through some interesting cases: semi recumbent intubation, we palliated a patient, backed a crew up to administer ketamine on a nasty injury, and a few arrests. Lots to log in skills book 📖 ✅
Student Paramedics and Ambulance Techs - don’t forget these cards can help you out too, whether it be OSCE practice and prep to using them on the road as the base of your clinical practice. Checklists increase your ability to perform and increases bandwidth.
How do you use yours?
Introducing the first of three new trial products - Handover Pad.
These are small (A7) pads which allow can also be used as a prompt for any Students or new ambulance staff. Only £2.50 as an add on to our Pocket Encapsulated Bundle and New Pocketbook when it's released!
Received feedback this week about the card being used on a serious RTC - the ability to increase bandwidth by utilising the checklist improved patient outcome and team integration is what this is all about, so thank you. 🥹🚑
Thank you to everyone for an absolutely amazing response to our new Commander Pack, we’ve already had to put another order in with our printers 🥹. Our website has 10% off - use code JULY10
(We’ve also fixed the issue with one of the options showing £150 for a set of cards 🤡)
Good morning everyone! Found a little blast from the past in our car this evening - how it all started!
Out of interest - ID badge sized medimemos, yay or nay?!
In the wild: our cards being used by crit care team based in an emergency operations centre (999 ambulance control room) to give rapid advice over phone or radio 🥹🚑
From small beginnings to this! 🥰 All orders made over weekend have been dropped off at post office this morning but won’t be sent until tomorrow as normal people have holidays 🙃
Don’t forget our new student paramedic books are less than half price until this run is sold out 🥰
We have 100 spare MULTI CAS CARDS as our printers didn’t notice the latest order had a corrected version of the spelling error! 🙃
Get in touch if your uni or organisation would benefit from using them and don’t mind MUTLI written on them 🤣
Think my favourite thing might be seeing pictures of these cards out there in the wild! Keep them coming - and thank you so much ☺️
#checklistsarentcheating
NEW (website now working again!)
Our encapsulated cards have been redesigned and are now available in a pocketbook - suitable for all grades of staff from ECAs and Student Paramedics to Specialist Paramedics and Team Leaders.
All our bundles now come, as standard, with the following Prompt Cards:
• Adult Cardiac Arrest 💉
• Paediatric Cardiac Arrest 👦
• Newborn Life Support and Maternity Prompt 🐣
• Major Trauma 🩸
• Handover 🤝
🚨Also available is:
• Basic Life Support for Adult / Paed 🚑
COMING SOON! NEW Commander Checklists - ideal for Ambulance Operational Commanders.
Our website will shortly have a waiting list on for the cards.
They cover Major Incident Command, Routine Incident Command, HALO Log, Pre-Briefing tool, Post Incident De-brief and Multi-Cas card
We've hit a milestone today of selling 500 of our little medimemos. Thank you everyone for your continued support - together we will improve practice and clinical confidence! 😊
#ChecklistsSaveLives
And that’s nearly it! We’ve almost sold out of all our cards. The website will be updated shortly to show ‘Mailing List’ when we sell out of the last final products, and we will see you at the end of June - with some exciting new additions
#scenecommander
Nick 🥹🥲
Thanks to everyone for sending photos of them in the wild! Checklists improve performance, ensure clinical safety and allow you to increase your bandwidth on high acuity incidents. No wonder they’re loved by prehospital clinicians. Still only a fiver on 🥰
Why use checklists?
#CognitiveAides
are designed to increase your bandwidth and your ability to respond to high acuity incidents, providing ++ patient care. We are so proud that we create checklists to do this, and that so many of you have responded so positively to our cards 🥹
🚨NEW products🚨
Proud to be unveiling our new cards:
• BLS / ILS prompt cards for non ALS providers (First Aid company and Student OSCE perfect!)
• Maternity and Newborn LS
• Handover Card
FREE Multi Trauma Casualty Card with all orders UFN
Buy at
Hello!
Made the difficult decision to scrap Etsy today due to the platform being really expensive to sell.
So, introducing - where new products will be added shortly.
Thank you everyone for your amazing support. I am so proud to share them with you all.x
Did someone say NEW LANYARDS?! Perfect for keeping your new Mini Marker pen safe! Buy now on our website - they're available as additional options for all purchases.
🚨NEWS
Introducing our BRAND NEW SKILLS AND REFLECTION LOG! Due to a printing issue the tables are not as visible as they should be, so they're selling for less than half price at £7 - normal price will be £15. Amazing resource with reflective logs on too!
Just testing our new encapsulated cards and can confirm that they are definitely dunk proof! 😆 (but please don’t dunk them routinely they get v distressed)
Does anyone know how we can facilitate CPD events for free on a platform?
We are available for any interested student union, for free, for CPD events on: Trauma, End of Life Care, Cardiac Arrest and Paediatric Care. Get in touch ☺️
Hey
#paramedicscience
students:
➕ follow us for some unbelievable giveaways ready for the start of academic year
🔁 retweet for coverage and ensure your Paramedic Science Society members are following us!
My background is teaching Paramedic Science, so I've got your back!💗
Used my own card yesterday during a cardiac arrest and was able to identify need for additional o2 being brought in. As much as we do this - checklists help take away some of the thinking we don’t have time to do!
#checklistsarentcheating
Ooop 👀
You asked - we delivered! Our new pocketbooks will allow you to write with normal pen in the book and tear off when you've used a page. Purposely designed for front line ambulance staff, this is perfect for high acuity incidents.
Coming Jan 17th!
Thank you to everyone for an absolutely amazing response to our new Commander Pack, we’ve already had to put another order in with our printers 🥹. Our website has 10% off - use code JULY10
(We’ve also fixed the issue with one of the options showing £150 for a set of cards 🤡)
It’s PAYDAY!
Treat yourself this payday to a MediMemos Bundle with 10% off using code JULY10.
Please share where possible, as the commander cards are soon to run out 😌
We've had a little makeover to align with our new mission statement - 'Simplifying the management of high-acuity ambulance incidents'
Simple and effective. 💅
Receiving some lovely feedback recently - honestly it is so appreciated getting feedback. This was a tiny project (and still is!) that were created for my own use and it’s gone from there. Knowing that it’s helping others in their clinical practice is a little overwhelming 🥹🥹
I’ve used the trauma section of the book quite a bit this week! A few rest days now and then some OSCE practice sessions for some critical care recruits later in the week. Stay safe out there everyone! ☺️
Just been made aware that since our website went back online it’s uploaded the old photos of our old MediMemos set. Rest assured the Original MM Bundle consists of five cards: Trauma, Cardiac Arrest, Paed Arrest, Handover and NBLS/Maternity.
This will be updated tonight! 🚑✅
Our paed arrest cards have doses and airway sizes on the flip side,to reduce stress and increase your bandwith. It has useful reminders on the arrest checklist such as ambulance prep and family support. We don’t ever want you to use this, but it’s your support if you have to 🙏
MediMemos is going on a break soon, so get your pocket cards whilst you can.
Please retweet or tag someone who you think might want a look - perfect for both Uni students, NQPs and experienced clinicians!
#checklistsarentcheating
#humanfactors
#ambulance
#sale
We're aware of others trying to emulate our work. Rest assured,our entire MediMemo range is crafted by an NHS Critical Care Paramedic with extensive experience in the NHS, instructing at Ambulance Service Academies and Uni Paramedic Science Courses.But thanks for the compliment😘
Thank you to everyone who has posted our cards over last few weeks on the ole socials. Can’t wait to show you our new products for 2024. But for now, stay safe out there and have a peaceful Christmas.
- Nicholas.
We are open!! 🥳🥳🥳
Huge apologies for the delay, our printers had issues with a fire on site! 😳
We are back taking orders with a plan to send them all out on Friday.
Nick
We have had some brilliant feedback on our Etsy and Insta pages recently, thank you. Re-usable, wipe down checklist cards, perfect for all ambulance staff on high acuity incidents - trauma, cardiac arrests, maternity. Still only £10. You can order now at
Thankyou for the overwhelming interest in our pads! We are thrilled to receive a surge of orders this evening. Our mission is to enhance patient safety by optimising bandwidth for all involved in critical incidents, including Commanders. Remember, checklists save lives! 🚑
Our new pocketbooks are designed specifically for each page to be ripped out and put into confidential waste bin after use - protecting patient and you.
2nd ROSC of the week today, all helped by my
@MediMemosUK
checklists.
Massively improved bandwidth at what were both challenging scenes and, allowed me to focus on making appropriate clinical decisions without worry of missing the basics 🚑
#ChecklistsArentCheating
🚨⭐️⭐️⭐️🚨 COMMANDERS UNITE!
Our commander cards go live at 1700 tonight, our first run limited to 50 sets - get yourself on the waiting list for 20% off: email to be sent at 1700 tonight to your inbox.
🚑 For the rest of the site use JULY10 for 10% off
“A study of 41,000 trauma patients found they had… 1,224 different injury patterns in 32,261 combinations”
If only there was a way to increase
#bandwidth
and reduce clinical risk by using some form of checklist for trauma?! Oh wait!! There is!!
NEW (website now working again!)
Our encapsulated cards have been redesigned and are now available in a pocketbook - suitable for all grades of staff from ECAs and Student Paramedics to Specialist Paramedics and Team Leaders.
#Paramedic
Societies!
We need you! We are looking for some MediMemo Ambassadors! Get in touch via DM if you are:
✅Uni Paramedic
#Student
Society Member
✅Want some giveaway prizes for your group
✅Are willing to promote us!
#studentparamedic
#Ambulance
✅ MediMemos is back online taking orders!
✅ You can still opt to receive a 10% discount code which is still available until my flight eventually lands me in the UK where I’ll email everyone the code hopefully tonight! 🤓
Nick at MM 😊😊
Honestly, on a personal note I am proper pleased with how these came out. Sending items to the printer and having to resize it like you've a Phd in graphics and figuring out tiny numbers that don't make sense, they've somehow come out absolutely perfect. 🥲
Students used their
@MediMemosUK
cards whilst being put through their paces in our two day simulation event 🦾
Huge thanks for giving us a couple of sets to raffle off!
Not long until you can get your hands on our new Skills and Reflection Log Book!
Haven’t put a ‘pre-order’ on the site yet as awaiting delivery date from printers, but we are aiming for May 10th! We will keep you posted at
Nick 😊🚑
@EthanHPara
Basics first. The basics save lives.
Start with 9 point plan.
3L ECG stuff first - rate, rhythm, irregularities (& pacing spikes!)
Then ST changes with ischaemia / MI
Then reciprocal changes associated with above
Then axis deviation if you want to look impressive
It isn’t cheating! I’ve had hands on these in my own practice, couldn’t recommend them more! Check lists and prompts provide structure and anchorage in stressful circumstances, widening your bandwidth and getting you back in flow. Highly recommend!
Finally got to use my
@MediMemosUK
ATMIST Pre Alert card in anger yesterday.
An aid to help deliver a good handover to the Major Trauma Team where I received excellent feedback from the consultant.
Some of the Docs liked the card as well.
Hopefully some additional interest.
Don’t forget it’s 10% off all items, including the new Ambulance Commander bundle, until end of July 🥰
JULY10
(Bet you can’t guess what August’s code would be 🙃)
Only a few days until the 2023 Paramedic Games, a high fidelity, team based simulation competition for student paramedics. We believe gamification and competition can drive innovation in learning, where students don't only learn from accadmic staff, but from each other as well.
Whilst the tables might be a little washed out I am still unbelievably made up with how they look - proper proud of this new book! Perfectly pocket sized and a life-saver for any student needing to log skills and reflections!
It’s known that
#checklists
improve outcomes.
Our £5 bundle reuse checklists on Trauma, ALS and Paediatric ALS are designed for
#prehospital
clinicians to improve their bandwidth and ability to perform.
How do you use yours?
#ambulance
#primarycare
Our book exists because one of the biggest issues students have is that they need something to write down their skills on to so they & their mentor they can see progression. It includes a Reflection Log which helps with Case Studies and of course our prompts for OSCE practice!✅
We are BACK!!
We’ve got through a huge order and are ready taking orders for the Original Encapsulated Bundles again.
As an apology, until January 1st use discount code GIVEME20 for 20% off.
Please share 🥹
At the beginning of my career, I resus’d a man into hospital for ?stroke. Left sided weakness, eye drooping, speech deficit. Firmly believed by bypassing the two other closer EDs I was saving his life.
He was having a hypo.
Not everything is a stroke. So let’s not speculate.
🚨 NEWS🚨
We are now down to our last 50 sets of
#MediMemos
(which sounds like a lot but it’s about a weeks worth left). The site will be on holiday from June 10 so I’ll set up a ‘Waiting List’ email on the main site -or order them now to avoid the wait 🚑
Our 3-in-1 Pocket Book! Essential tools for trauma, adult & paediatric cardiac arrest in one compact guide. Checklists improve human factors and bandwidth by streamlining decision-making, reducing cognitive load, and fostering effective communication in high-pressure environments