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What Is First Aid? What is the Recovery Position?
Globally, millions of people die each year as a result of accidents or serious injury. First Aid should be part of the school curriculum
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WHO declares swine flu pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) has declared a global flu pandemic after holding an emergency meeting
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US: Role of EMTs in executions criticized
“We have never used any doctors or nurses in the process, and we wouldn’t want to do that because it conflicts with any oath they have taken as it relates to preserving lives”
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Sudan: Motorbike maternity dashes for mums-to-be
Mothers-to-be in South Sudan will soon be shipped to hospital by motorbike ambulance in a radical move to cut infant mortality
UK News
Paramedic assault man told he could be jailed
A drunken man who assaulted a paramedic as he tried to help him has been warned he faces a possible prison sentence
Spared jail after abusing medics
cemetery visitor who drunkenly abused ambulance crew members has been placed on probation for two years
Ambulance ready for ‘nuclear attack’
Pararamedics carry out one of the largest ever rehearsals for a “dirty bomb” attack on the UK
LAS warns of increased calls during hot weather
With more hot weather expected, the ambulance service has warned the number of emergency calls it is answering is mirrored by the soaring temperatures
Paramedic feels the heat
A paramedic was taken ill in yesterday’s soaring temperatures as she treated a teenage casualty on a South Devon beach
OAP left waiting by dining paramedics
An injured 96-year-old was left shivering on a pavement for more than an hour – because an ambulance crew was having dinner
Ambulance staff turn to bikes to get to 999 calls quicker – The Daily Record
Ambulance staff are aiming to respond quicker to emergencies – by using push bikes
Suffolk man hoping to track down paramedic who helped him out
An accident-prone man is trying to trace the paramedic who helped him twice in the same week – to say thank you
Ambulance workers second chance
When ambulanceman Nick Horobin lost an eye in an attack eight years ago it looked as if his work as a carer was over
Flu blamed for rise in ambulance workload
A flu outbreak and icy weather led to an ambulance service handling an unprecedented number of emergency calls
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World News
US: Boy allegedly steals from ambulance as mom treated
A boy was arrested over the weekend on charges of stealing from an ambulance while paramedics were treating his mother
Mexico: Criminals blow up ambulance to kill injured rival
A group of armed men blew up an ambulance, apparently with a grenade, to kill a rival who was being transferred from one hospital to another
Australia: Flu ‘may tip pandemic’
A sharp increase in swine flu cases in Australia may mean the infection has become a pandemic, the World Health Organization say
US: Policeman Fights Paramedics With Patient In Ambulance
Oklahoma’s Tulsa World newspaper reports on a fight between a brown-shirted highway patrol officer, who has pulled over an ambulance that was racing a patient to hospital, and the paramedic
Zambia: Scientists identify new lethal virus in Africa
A paramedic in Lusaka who became sick, was transported to Johannesburg and died. The three others infected were health care workers in Johannesburg
Ireland: HSE orders review of spending in its national ambulance office
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has ordered an audit of spending in its national ambulance office following a series of revelations by The Sunday Times
Fiji: Ambulance needed
Vunidawa Hospital in Naitasiri, Fiji needs more vehicles, including an ambulance
Ireland: Calls for ambulance regulation
A private ambulance service provider has called for regulation of the sector “to ensure patient safety”
Improving the quality of healthcare across Europe
Pre-hospital emergency care in the form of ambulances is one of the key factors improving the quality of healthcare across Europe
US: To survive chest discomfort, call 911 sooner, not later
Americans with trouble breathing or vague feelings in their chest frequently wait too long before calling 911 and getting the paramedics
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Careers
LAS: Trainee Emergency Medical Dispatcher
Location London
Salery £17,565 inc. rising to £20,969 inc. after training
Closing Date 31 March 2010
LAS: Student Paramedic
Location Across London
Salery £20,784 inc.(training) rising to £25,145 inc.
Closing Date 31 March 2010
Jobs on ParamedicUK
If you have a vacancy for ambulance professionals we are happy to include information about it on this site. This service is free of charge.
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ParamedicUK now on iPhone/Android
ParamedicUK is now available for iPhone and Android. Thanks to the incredible work by BraveNewCode, their WPtouch plugin gives Android and iPhone users a fully optimised experience when viewing the site. Just point your phone at ParamedicUK and WPtouch will do the rest!
NHS Trusts
Ambulance service loses chief
Another senior member of staff has left the East of England Ambulance Service
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- Ambulance trusts failing to meet response-time targets
- More than 3000 NHS staff on long-term sick leave in Scotland
- SCAS: we need volunteers to hit waiting times
- NEAS launches ‘Foundation Trust’ consultation
- Chief was ‘misled’ over A&E before quitting West Middlesex Hospital trust
- “Enormous pressure” call on failing ambulance bosses
- New boss at Yorkshire Ambulance Service
- Ambulances spread the word FAST
- Ambulance services move in to Tesco’s to cut response times
- NHS celebrates success and progress in A&E
Clinical Matters
Mystery of the 1918 “Spanish Flu” Pandemic: Solved
MIT researchers have explained why two mutations in the H1N1 avian flu virus were critical for viral transmission in humans during the 1918 pandemic
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- Acetaminophen (paracetamol) to be banned by FDA?
- Barriers To Best Resuscitation Practices
- Hospital Disaster Potential Highighted
- A quarter of Britons are hazardous drinkers
- Response To Sexual Assault
- Prehospital identification and treatment of inhalant abuse
- Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in children
- Too Much of a Good Thing?
- Associated Signs or Pertinent Negatives
- To Thump or Not To Thump: The value of the precordial thump
Unions
UNISON: Concerns about ambulance staff morale
Morale is at rock bottom at the East of England Ambulance Service, according to unions, while one of the region’s MPs says he has “serious concerns”
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Equipment
Movano front-line with WMAS
Good performance by the Vauxhall Movano in a front-line accident and emergency ambulance role has led West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust to order a further 64 vehicle
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- CPR App for iPhone – Full Code Pro
- Instant, Reliable Emergency Communications
- Equipped for the heaviest and most critical operations
- Kids are safer in Scots ambulances
- Vote of confidence for the two-wheeled ambulance
- Arms firm bids to buy ambulances
- BMW X6 ambulance concept
- Intensive care trolley launched
- Cardiac Arrest Survival Rates Increase to 47%
- Mannequin making medicine safer
Health & Safety
Hazardous Area Response Teams
Firefighters in Hertfordshire are training paramedics to use breathing equipment so they can treat victims of chemical spills, even before they are moved to a safe area
