STUART GRAY is a heroic London Ambulance Service paramedic and this is a diary of just one year in his working life. It’s a moving, funny and absolutely gripping insight into the business of saving lives in the world’s most famous city. You will learn a hell of a lot!!

 

Extract:

HOAX CALLERS AND TIMEWASTERS
Regular callers are known as ‘frequent flyers’.
Don’t get me wrong, some people call us often because they
need us often - they have genuine problems. But a few are just
timewasters, draining the resources of the NHS by calling us
just because they can.
They are dangerous people who cost lives, and there’s not a
damn thing we can do about it.
One old guy on my patch - I’m talking a man in his early
60s, at an age where he really should know better - calls 999
almost every other day. He has it down to a fine art: he knows
when our shifts change and he times his call to coincide exactly
with crew turnarounds, ensuring a speedy response and a fresh
face or two. He rings for chest pain that he doesn’t really have,
abdominal problems that don’t exist and various other
complaints that he knows will guarantee him an emergency
response. Partly, he likes the attention, partly he just likes to
get a free ride down to the hospital where he’s guaranteed more
attention and a free lunch (or breakfast, or dinner). Some
weeks, he’ll have a car and an ambulance outside his home
every day; if he visits a friend or goes off on holiday with
family members, the calls stop - he never seems to get ill on
those days.
I’ve ‘treated’him many times, and on the last few occasions
I’ve lectured him at length about what he is doing. He abuses
his right to an ambulance over and over again, and yet nothing
is done about it.
Awhile ago, he called us and I was despatched with my
crewmate to his home. He was rude and arrogant, and he
insisted on being carried down the stairs (there are no lifts
where he lives, and he’s on the third floor). He has no.....

 

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ISBN-13: 9781405163552

Author(s): Pete Gregory   *  Cover: Paperback   *  Edition: 1st  *  Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell   *  Published: January 2010

Clinical procedures are a fundamental aspect of care for practitioners working in pre-hospital settings. The Manual of Clinical Paramedic Procedures is written specifically to support the practice of paramedics, ambulance technicians, first responders and volunteer ambulance personnel. It presents up-to-date, evidence-based expert knowledge, enabling paramedics to deliver effective, patient-focused care.

This accessible handbook provides a comprehensive exploration of core competencies and skills, looking at topics including Aseptic Technique, Airway Management, Assisted Ventilation, Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation, Defibrillation and External Cardiac Pacing, Observations, Pain Assessment & Management, Respiratory Therapy, Spinal Management and Venepuncture. Each chapter provides the relevant anatomy & physiology, evidence-based rationales for each procedure, and contraindications of use.

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Author(s): Springhouse   *  Cover: Paperback   *  Edition: 4th   *  Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins   *  Published: 01/10/07

Now in its fourth edition and better than ever, "ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy!" makes learning to read and interpret rhythm strips easy and fun. This practical reference uses a unique, light-hearted writing style that makes learning this complex information non-threatening and highly enjoyable. This entertaining reference reviews fundamental cardiac anatomy and physiology, explains how to obtain and interpret a rhythm strip, and teaches the reader how to recognize and treat sinus, atrial, and ventricular arrhythmias as well as heart blocks.In addition, "ECG Interpretation Made Incredibly Easy!, Fourth Edition" explains how to obtain and interpret 12-lead ECGs. Special elements found throughout the reference make it easy to remember key points. Each chapter features: a summary of key points; clear, simple explanations of problems; definitions of key terms; illustrations that clearly explain key concepts; bulleted lists and checklists that make it easy to spot important points at a glance; marginalia that highlight key facts about ECG interpretation; and quick quizzes to test knowledge.

 

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Edited by the BPA - British Paramedic Association. The revised and eagerly awaited updated Sixth Edition of the best-selling paramedic textbook of all time plans to be the best ever and will be worth the wait.
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Author(s): Nancy L. Caroline  *  Cover: Hardback  *  Edition: 6th  *  Publisher: Jones & Bartlett  *  Published: July 2007

• Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Joseph Conaghan (19 April 2010)
• ISBN-10: 0956548202
• ISBN-13: 978-0956548207

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“Joseph Conaghan now an elected member of the NHS Staff Council and Paramedic tells his story as a NUPE rep within the back-drop of the local and national events that became the National Ambulance Dispute in 1989/1990. The story takes us from October 1989 when the dispute over pay and recognition escalated to the point where Joseph along with thousands of his colleagues were locked out from stations and vehicles unable to attend to 999 calls due to a High Court Injunction that was served on them whilst the Police and the Army were responding to the emergencies. There is a full account of the bucket collections, the biggest petition in history with over four and a half million signatories and the march and rally in London where over 75,000 Ambulance staff their families and supporters gathered to consolidate their overwhelming support for the locked out or suspended Ambulance Workers. With exclusive extracts from the key parliamentary debates plus explanations of the history of Ambulance qualifications, the whole ”glorified taxi driver” insult and the settlement that created the shape of the Service that we see today, this is an essential read for anyone who wants to remember the most overwhelming episode in the history of the Service which happened exactly 20 years ago.”