I had a young student paramedic out observing with me this week. With her ‘gateway’ exam coming up soon Jane wanted to spend the day with an ECP to observe physical assessment techniques. Our first patient was a young man who had fallen almost 3 metres while working on a construction site. It was raining… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Life as a Student Paramedic
'Tis but a touch of consumption
No post from me this week as i’m a bit under the weather, so i’m going to direct you towards the facebook group for your weekly fix of paramedic stories. The group is aimed at people thinking of a career as a Paramedic and is therefore practically titled ‘So you want to be a Paramedic?‘… Continue Reading
Join the Facebook group – So you want to be a Paramedic?
I created a facebook group – So you want to be a Paramedic? You can visit it by clicking on the image above or on the facebook logo in the top right hand corner of the site. In this post I talk about why I created it. After I wrote my book ‘999: True Stories… Continue Reading
Life as a Student Paramedic – Part 2
[Note: This is a guest post by Charlotte. If you missed it, make sure you read Part 1] Probably most peoples’ favourite modules and those that readers will be most interested in are the practical ones included in our first year timetable. The first of these is the skills module which includes the obvious aspects… Continue Reading
Life as a Student Paramedic – Part 1
[Note: This is a guest post by Charlotte. Stay tuned for more articles on Student Paramedic life in the future!] I’m currently in the second year of the honours degree in Paramedic Science at Hertfordshire University. This course is 4 years long as opposed to the foundation degree which is only 3 years in length.… Continue Reading
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