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The Fat Ivan allows you to chock open any door with a hinge with minimal effort, no bending or stretching required unlike other door tools. Just put a Fat Ivan in the hinge
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College of Paramedics - C4 Programme - Party Paramedics
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The College of Paramedics has serious concerns over the terminology used in the recent programme entitled ‘Party Paramedics’.
The programme featured the work of the SOS Bus and Team in Colchester over the summer period. The College of Paramedics recognises the important work and community service that this group of volunteers provide to the local community, in particular helping to protect the precious resources of the NHS Ambulance Services and local acute hospitals from the effects of binge drinking and alcohol abuse. However, the Governing Council of the College of Paramedics has had a number of concerns expressed by its members over the repeated reference to the term ‘paramedic’ and ‘paramedics’ throughout the programme and also in the title of the series.
Channel 4 should be aware that the professional title of ‘Paramedic’ is a legally protected one and it’s use is unlawful unless this concerns a person currently registered with the statutory regulator, the Health Professions Council.
The College is seeking confirmation that the volunteers featured and portrayed as paramedics were in fact registered as such. We suspect that this is not the case, as St John Ambulance employs the skills of a wide range of volunteers ranging from first-aiders to registered health professionals such as nurses, paramedics and others. We are concerned that the public may have been misled into assuming that all of those featured in the programme have the skills of a paramedic and are registered as such.
If, as is believed, not all of those individuals represented as paramedics are legally entitled to use the title, then the College of Paramedic seeks a formal retraction from Channel 4.
We will also be issuing the following statement on behalf of registered paramedics:
‘The College of Paramedics wishes to remind the public that paramedics are required by law to be registered with the Health Professions Council in order to claim this title. Members of the public should not confuse the skills of first aiders, assistant practitioners and other healthcare professionals with the particular set of skills and competencies associated with registered paramedics and the paramedic profession.
Full information about the paramedic profession can be found at the College of Paramedics website: www.collegeofparamedics.co.uk and the regulator, the Health Professions Council’s, website: www.hpc-uk.org’
The College of Paramedics has shared the above concerns with the Channel 4, St John Ambulance and the Health Professions Council, as well as the communications regulator, Ofcom.
David Davis,
Acting Director of Media Relations,
on behalf of the Governing Council, College of Paramedics
30th January 2012
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'Keyring doctor' that can call an ambulance for you
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The £130 Lifestyle Connect gadget, which is able to monitor heart rates and glucose levels and can even tell when its wearer has fallen over, was launched at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
If a medical problem is detected and an ambulance is called, it can tell the driver where the patient is. With less serious problems, it will call family members or friends. Larry Wallace of Zomm, the firm behind the gadget, which can also be worn as a necklace, said it was the "world's first personal connected safety device". "It keeps wearers connected to the people they love the most via a mobile phone should they have a problem," he said.
The gadget, pictured, can alert doctors to unusual readings, and wearers are able to speak to a doctor via an emergency button. "If you wear a heart rate monitor or other sensor, we can monitor you automatically," said Mr Wallace. "We can look for any unusual episodes, and when something occurs, we can call the emergency services for you automatically." The show also featured dozens of other health gadgets, including an iPhone-controlled blood pressure monitor and an armband that can track your vital signs.
Air Ambulance Paramedic Chris Martin takes on Italy 3 Volcano Challenge!
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In June 2012, a group of fit fundraisers including our very own Critical Care Paramedic Chris Martin, will embark on a 6 day trek in Italy, scaling three legendary volcanoes to help raise vital funds for Essex Air Ambulance.
The Essex Air Ambulance fundraising team is looking for supporters to join Chris Martin on the Charity's next big challenge from 14th to 19th June 2012. Participants will enjoy some of Italy's most spectacular scenery while trekking Vesuvius, Stromboli and smouldering Mount Etna. The 6 day trek starts with Vesuvius, best known for the explosion that buried nearby Pompeii followed by a day climbing Stromboli with an optional trip to see the explosions in the night sky. The challenge culminates on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
The registration fee is £250, plus a minimum fundraising target of £2,000 is required. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Critical Care Paramedic Chris Martin, said: "Every day that I work on the Air Ambulance I have firsthand experience of what an amazing service Essex and Herts Air Ambulance Trust provides. By having a Doctor/Paramedic team on a helicopter we are making the difference between life and death for so many people across the counties. I am lucky enough to see the impact we can have on people's lives, not just the patient but their loved ones too and it is for this reason that I want to support the Charity and do my part to help keep the helicopter flying by raising much needed and vital funds and really challenge myself by trekking 3 volcanoes."
If you wish to sponsor Chris simply text HAAT55 £2 to 70070 to donate or visit his Just Giving Page www.justgiving.com/Chris-Martin-heli55.
The Charity's last Challenge, trekking through the Grand Canyon was successfully completed in October by 20 fit fundraisers who have raised an amazing £50,000 for the Charity and funds are still coming in!
If you would like to take part in Challenge Italy and help support the Essex Air Ambulance contact Nina Benscher on 0845 2417 690, email Nina@EHAAT.uk.com or visit EssexAirAmbulance.uk.com for more details.
The Essex Air Ambulance fundraising team is looking for supporters to embark on the Charity's next big challenge - trekking 3 volcanoes in Italy to help raise vital funds for the Air Ambulance!
From 14th to 19th June 2012 participants will enjoy some of Italy's most spectacular scenery while scaling its three legendary volcanoes; Vesuvius, Stromboli and smouldering Mount Etna. The 6 day trek starts with Vesuvius, best known for the explosion that buried nearby Pompeii followed by a day climbing Stromboli with an optional trip to see the explosions in the night sky. The challenge culminates on the slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily, one of the most active volcanoes in the world.
The registration fee is £250, plus a minimum fundraising target of £2,000 is required. Places will be allocated on a first come first served basis.
Nina Benscher, Fundraising Manager of Essex & Herts Air Ambulance Trust who is organising the challenge said, "This is a truly amazing opportunity for people to enjoy incredible views of this stunning country while helping to raise vital funds for their Air Ambulance. Not only will participants experience four days of amazing trekking, taking in some of the most stunning landscapes and scenery Italy has to offer, but there will also be time to explore some of the local sites including Pompeii. I'm very excited about this trip and would love to hear from anyone that is interested in joining us!"
Nina is currently embarking on the Charity's latest Challenge, trekking through the Grand Canyon! On Saturday, 8th October, Nina and 19 other trekkers departed on a once in a lifetime journey through the awe inspiring scenery and diverse landscapes that makes up the 277 miles of the Grand Canyon. They will trek for 5 days heading into the southern rim of the USA's best known natural attraction experiencing nature at its most wondrous.
If you would like to take part in Challenge Italy and help support the Essex Air Ambulance contact Nina Benscher on 0845 2417 690, email Nina@EHAAT.uk.com or visit EssexAirAmbulance.uk.com for more details.
For more information please contact Hannah Ashby, PR & Marketing Coordinator on 01787 226118.
A SOMERSET paramedic has returned home after providing life-saving emergency training to hospital staff in Afghanistan and admitted his shock at what they face on a daily basis.
Nich Woolf, aged 58, helped doctors and nurses in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, which has since been hit by a suicide bombing on December 6, leaving four people dead and a further 27 injured.
He said: “It was interesting that while the signs and symptoms of a heart attack were unknown to them, maintaining the airway of a patient with gunshot wounds was second nature – and it illustrates their daily working lives in Afghanistan at the moment.”
Mr Woolf, from Burnham, said he was confronted with more difficulties then he could ever have imagined.
Some of the equipment he brought over from England was confiscated by custom officials, such as alcohol-cleansing wipes because of the Muslim country’s strict religious beliefs.
But Mr Woolf, who works for the Welsh Ambulance Service, was financially backed by the Festival Medical Services and the Sandy Gall Afghanistan Appeal, to help provide vital support to trainee doctors.
He said: “Our objective in Mazar was to ensure that the public hospital facilities were safe and the staff adequately trained for effective operations to be carried out in emergency situations.
“I taught sessions on resuscitation for about 50 surgeons, doctors, nurses and anaesthetists.
“There is no doubt that the work of the Sandy Gall Afghanistan Appeal is changing lives and that the training and equipment we took was vitally needed and gratefully received.”
He said his thoughts were with those caught up in last week’s ‘bombing atrocity’ but knew his former colleagues in Mazar would have done everything they could to help save lives.
source http://www.thewestonmercury.co.uk/news/paramedic_returns_after_afghanistan_mission_1_1150046
A night shift on the #boozebus – treating and tweeting
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A London paramedic took to the blogosphere as he tweeted about all of the alcohol-related incidents he attends on board the Service’s ‘booze bus.’
On Friday 9 December, Brian Hayes will use the Service’s Twitter page, www.twitter.com/Ldn_Ambulance, to highlight his colleague’s work on the specially adapted ambulance to look after patients who have had too much to drink.
Ahead of the festive season, the initiative will help the Service to draw attention to the health risks people take by overdoing it with alcohol.
Brian said: “Alcohol misuse is a major cause of illness, injury and death. It impairs your judgement, affects the quality of sleep you get and, in the longer term, it can lead to serious illnesses like liver or heart disease.
“People should go out and have a good time, but by working on the ‘booze bus’ I see on a regular basis how people put themselves at risk and the state they end up in.”
Last year (2010/11) staff helped 68,792 patients who had had too much to drink – an increase of 8 per cent on the year before.
Brian added: “There are a number of things that people can do to help themselves, including eating before going out, having the odd soft drink, looking after your friends and planning your journey home.”
The BBC followed the London Ambulance Service for 24 hours on Tuesday 6 December, as they responded to dozens of road traffic collisions across the capital.
Over the course of the day the Service attended 75 collisions involving 14 cyclists, 18 pedestrians and 11 motorcyclists.
#Crash24 - live news feed
Every road accident was captured by the BBC team and could be viewed through:
- our Twitter page www.twitter.com/Ldn_Ambulance,
- the #crash24 hashtag on Twitter and,
- through a live update on the BBC website
http://www.londonambulance.nhs.uk/news/crash24_bbc_project.aspx
AMBULANCE staff are being asked for their ideas on how to improve the ambulance service, having been chosen to take part in the Spotlight competition. The East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) staff were chosen by Health Enterprise East (HEE) to put forward their innovative ideas for improvement.
The best two entrants will receive cash rewards to develop their ideas - £1,500 for first place and £500 for second place, and will be supported by HEE.
Chief executive of EEAST Hayden Newton said: “I’m really pleased to say that the competition has been launched. The scope for ideas is endless, and could be anything from a new medical technology to a patient information leaflet or DVD.
“Our staff are full of good ideas and this is a fantastic opportunity to help get some of those ideas off the ground. We really are encouraging them to get involved.”
Ideas could include a new training programme or toolkit, a new way of delivering a service, a new medical technology, a new software application or a new patient information leaflet or DVD.
They will be judged on inventiveness, benefits, practicality, impact and adoptability and transferability.
This is the third year HEE has run the competition. Previous winners have included the James Paget University Hospital for developing an information card to help staff meet individual dementia patients’ needs and two ophthalmologists at Addenbrooke’s Hospital who devised a unique piece of equipment to transform corneal transplant surgery and lead to faster recovery of vision.
The competition is open until January 6 and winners will be announced in the new year.
For more information visit the competition webpage at http://www.hee.org.uk/Content/Spotlight-ambo.html
source :
http://www.dunstabletoday.co.uk/community/ambulance_staff_in_spotlight_1_3320449
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