The book is progressing (all my fault) and you can keep track of what's going on by clicking on this link http://mondaybooks.blogspot.com/. I have also placed it on the side bar for future use.
I've removed the archives from my old AOL blog but will be adding them to this blog as soon as I have time. They haven't been deleted permanently as some thought, they have simply been taken out of public view for the time being.
I have yet to do the favours I promised people, I know but I have been snowed under as of late and will get around to doing what I said I would do eventually. Honest.
Professionally, I am staying on the FRU for another six months at least and am contemplating medicine next year...possibly.
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Hi !! Love the blog,read it all the time ! I'm a uni student paramedic and I was interested to see that you might look at medicine ? I know I havent even qualified yet !! but I was wondering how you can progress from paramedic to doctor ??? Is there a fast track course,for those who have already been involved in a pre-hospital environment ??
all the best!
Jezz
just a question... can diabetics join the LAS as paramedics on the FRU?
Wow, isn't that 'out of the frying pan, into the fire'?! :o)
Good luck to you though, whatever you decide!!
Does your paramedic degree exempt you from any training?
Diabetics.....
It's highly unlikely that an injecting diabetic would be taken on by the ambulance service in a driving role. Although the restrictions to driving cars aren't always as vigorous as those for normal ambulances, you don't apply to join the ambulance service just to drive an FRU. In theory, FRU paramedics are experienced and confident/competent to work by themselves. A state you can't get to at present within the ambaulnce service without being able to drive a normal ambulance.
SD
anonymous
I can do a fast-track course, over four years. It's something I feel is a natural progression for me but I have yet to weigh up the financial and other costs...the three years I did for my degree in Paramedic Science took a lot out of me...and cost me my perfect eyesight (I occasionally wear glasses for reading now).
anonymous
Type II diabetics are already working in the service, so there is no barrier for them to join. Type I diabetics are another story, I'm afraid.
Refer to EC paramedics reply.
robin
Nope. My degree doesn't exempt me from anything. The service has absolutely no facilities for degree-holding paramedics. We get no extra recognition, pay or benefits whatsoever.
All paramedics, regardless of whether they hold a degree or not, are required to re-train and re-register every two years. Doctors and nurses are not.
Not quite, there is no statutory requirement for paramedics to re-train, just to be able to demonstrate competent practice via means of a portfolio, just like nurses. All our paramedic requals were cancelled last year as there was no need for them.
SD
ECP
Thanks but I beg to differ. The LAS is still pushing for re-training and, in fact, want to extend the training to three modules a year (this is what I was told by my trainers on the day I did my own re-training a few months ago). I guess the feeling is that services with their own in-house systems will be flexible about how this is implemented.
I was given no choice about attending this session - at least the option to refuse simply wasn't there...and why would I?
Until I hear officially otherwise, I expect to be summoned to attend these dates.
Evidently we are too scared to help!
As a small young woman, I'd be probably wimp out about approaching a large man lying halfway down a dark alleyway in the middle of the night and ring an ambulance instead. Isn't the first thing with basic first aid, "check that you are safe before helping"? Maybe it's paranoid, but I would perceive going down a dark alleyway where there is a possible assailant (hiding somewhere, or even the 'victim' himself) as a danger.
You yourself took precautions that show you were apprehensive about the situation- driving as close to him as possible, turning the siren in the hope of rousing him before getting out.
A couple of years ago I walked down the South Bank in London in the middle of the afternoon and when I walked back the same way an hour or two later there were police marks all over and around a bench. A man had been murdered right in the middle of the busy pavement. I still can't understand how it happened as it was SUCH a busy afternoon(http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/3969763.stm)<- that in fact.
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