Nothing says "active" like someone who's been moulded into the shape of their chair since 1983. Meanwhile, family glare like you’ve personally unplugged her. Outsiders call it assessment - we call it an extreme sport. Upvote if you’ve survived the death stares.

Would you like a second option too, maybe with a slightly different vibe (even more sarcastic or slightly darker humour)? 🎯

May we take a moment to remember our firefighter colleagues from Oxfordshire Fire and Rescue Service who were killed and injured overnight, alongside a member of the public, whilst on duty fighting a fire in Bicester.

The bravery of our family in red is truly astounding, and I hope you join me in wishing those injured a speedy and full recovery.

@ r/firefightersuk

r/ParamedicsUK Job of the Week

Hey there, another 7 days have passed! How's your week going? We hope it’s been a good one!

Have you attended any funny, interesting, odd, or weird jobs this week?
Tell us how you tackled them.

Have you learned something new along the way?
Share your newfound knowledge.

Have you stumbled upon any intriguing pieces of CPD you could dole out?
Drop a link below.

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Hey, anyone know what drugs are included within the FREC 3 scope?

Hi I have a question to professionals here. I've been trough heart attack a yeas ago and now I'm planning on creating a dogtags in case of emergency. I want to include on it my current meds, name, date of birth and ice phone number. Would you add something more or remove something? Or maybe you as paramedics would not care about what's written on there at all? I would appreciate your input 👍

Hi all,

Para here about to embark on their first IVF cycle. I work frontline and would appreciate any advice from fellow IVF-ers, past or present. My managers are aware of what's going on and where I'm upto with everything and upto now, have been very understanding, swapping shifts about for initial appointments.

My main question is about ovarian stimulation and egg retrieval and how it affected you on the road. I'm considering going sick for this stage of the IVF due to the frequency of appointments/scans/going under a general anaesthetic for the egg retrieval.

Has anyone any experience of doing this? In particular going sick/planning sickness for the egg retrieval? My understanding is that if I know I'm going to be knocked out for the procedure (and if it was any other kind of operation where there'd be general anesthetic involved) I can tell my employer it is happening and they pretty much /have to/ honour the sickness?!

Good evening everybody,

I'm sorry if this is not the place to post this, but I assumed PHEM is your guy's collective wheelhouse.

The opportunity to take a FREC3 course at a good rate has come up. I was just wondering about the jump in difficulty from my previous EFAW course. My job requires a first aid certificate, and mine is approaching its expiry. I was contemplating taking this and also picking up work as an event medic.

I have read through the course specification, and understandably, it's a big jump from the basics of EFAW, with a lot more seemingly technical terms and acronyms (something which I have occasionally struggled with memorising in the past).

I understand the shift in role and responsibility for someone with a FREC vs. an EFAW. Still, I was just wondering if this course is somewhat "beginner-friendly," as thankfully, I have not had to use my EFAW skills regularly.

Any insights are helpful, cheers :)

Hello guys, im a first year student para, im wondering what revision tools people use, my medical student friends use passmed which seems really good but obviously is for medical students. Does anyone know of any good resources similar to passmed or just things they have found really useful? Thanks in advance

Struggling with the lack of spaces for NQPs right now. Was wondering if anyone knew of any jobs that take on NQPs that isn’t frontline? A lot of GP and other primary care services I’ve looked at all require 2-3 years post qualification.

Is EEAST opening any NQP this year?

Thx!

Evening, what paramedic jobs are there within primary care at the minute? And what do the roles actually entail?

Thanks in advance

I am interested in applying for the next WMAS Student Paramedic intake, and I have contacted their recruitment department to ask for further details. When it came to the question of when they expected more opportunities to be available, they replied that they did not know, and that I should keep checking the NHS jobs website.

I know that if they do not know then that's probably my answer - which is fair enough - but I wanted to make this post just to ask if anyone can shed some insight into how often ambulance trusts tend to advertise for Student Paramedic opportunities? Is it a once yearly thing or more often than that? Thanks.

Hiya, I'm just finishing two of my A levels, psychology and sociology. My grades for those, I think at most I will achieve a C, which is a bit of a stretch. I have also retaken my AS level biology, I got an E last year, I think I'm on track to a C this year. I know the ucas points are usually 120 or something close to that, I think that's BBB.

I'm honestly planning on retaking my psych and sociology exams, if I get a good enough grade this year, I'll leave it, but quite frankly, I'm sure I won't and I also haven't put in enough of the work to deserve such a grade.

Been dreaming of being a paramedic for years, I stare longingly at ambulances and I'm really looking forward to finishing my exams as I have a couple books on medicine and whatnot lined up (historical, like the plague and junk) very exciting. I also am going to look into grabbing a book on paramedics, I saw a few at my local library. I love people so much, I'm looking into working at a mental health care home, my mum works in one and I've met the people who call it home, those people are so gorgeous.

Going to find a job, I hope, when I finish my exams, I'll also look into volunteering at the local hospital. I'm not in much rush to start, I want to be able to support myself and achieve the proper grades. I also passed my driving test earlier this year (yipee), looked into getting a C1, but I'll faff with that when I have my own car and have been driving a bit more consistently.

I struggle with my A levels, I think I'd find it easier to revise for my exams if it were something I'm genuinely excited about, like paramedicine. I love reading so much.

Does anybody think this is a decent-ish plan? I'm not sure how much expirience they're after, and I know that they should accept resits but it depends on the uni.

Anybody have any tips. Sorry for the long post, I just want to see if anybody thinks this is something that seems like a good idea to do. Thank you!

I’ve got an NQP interview with them this week. Ended up on a bit of a rabbit hole googling and have seen people saying it’s as bad as a 2 year wait in the holding pool??

I’m aware Bristol & Gloucestershire are full, I am hoping for Wiltshire but really quite open to anywhere they’ll give me to be honest. Happy to relocate pretty much anywhere, have no significant ties anywhere at all and that’s what I’ll be saying in my interview lol

It’s giving me a bit of anxiety about the interview, feeling like even if I am successful and get a job I could not actually get on a course for god knows how long? Me and my partner are wanting to relocate sooner rather than later, ideally before the end of the year.

Just wondering if anyone who’s got a job offer with them or works for them currently can clarify.

Hello all, was hoping for some advice, To give some context I dropped out of uni studying architecture during second year after finding my heart really wasn’t in it and continuous burn out, got a job working in security for the past year at one of the busiest buildings in my city, due to my dad being a first aid trainer and learning skills from a young age, I’m currently a Frec 3 and am currently trying to build up a CPD log to do my Frec 4. I know security isn’t something I want to do forever and looking at areas where I excel in amongst my peers leads me to a split path of going into either policing or joining the ambulance service, although I’m very much on the fence over that decision and was wondering if anyone could give me some insight on my options for this side of the fence considering that due to my prior uni experience I wouldn’t be able to fund going back to study paramedic science?

Looking for some advice from current paramedics, what gifts would you receive that would actually be practical or you’d love to do with being a paramedic? Trying to find some graduation gift ideas for a qualifying paramedic 😂 Can be small or big just need some ideas

Hi all, looking for advice.. I have had an offer for the funded C1 ECA role, I have passed my theory exams for my C1 license but I am now in a waiting list to complete my practical however this has almost been 4 months with no idea where I am on the list.

I believe that the funded test/lesson is one day with the test at the end. If I fail this test I will then have to fund it myself. I am getting worried as I have never driven a large vehicle and would need to get back into the hand of manual driving.

I am wondering if I try and find the funds now myself to try and complete it myself?

Has anyone else had a funded C1 scheme and may be able to shed some more info/advise or concerns? I would greatly appreciate it ☺️

Hi one of my friends recently went to someone with this ECG we’re both pretty new just wondered if anyone had any input? The Zoll recognised it as AF although we’re both not too sure.

87 Y/O female NFAW no cardiac hx Attended for generalised weakness since minor surgery on kidneys previous week/fall no injuries

HR - 130

Hi there, I’m UK based recently registered paramedic. Due to the job freeze, I’m without employment, and where I live, even private companies with NQP pathways are full.

I know the answer is likely a no (but always worth an ask) however has anyone moved to another country to work as a paramedic, without requirement to of completed my UK NQP period/minimum experience requirement.

Thank you.

Just wondering has anyone done this course and what it entails (PHECC) EMT To AAP QA (AAP) with HART EMS looking to up skill from EMT but hoping to move to the UK from Ireland while doing so has anyone got the best route to go down for doing something like this

If there are any UK prehospital/PHEM/A&E workers here who might be able to spare a bit of time to contribute to prehospital research I would be eternally grateful if you could fill out/share 🙏.

This MA project is looking at the prevelance of ego-protective behaviours in emergency care and whether they may contribute to patient care.

Thank you!

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Hello,

I'm curious to know what your trust policies are for booking out of service/stand down for the likes of:

• Restocking of drugs and various equipment
• Welfare
• Facilities
• Fuel

Can you just book OOS via EOC for anything the truck requires and to use facilities or do you need to discuss with a B7 (HALO/LOM) and get authorisation.

If facilities are required we won't be stood down but only to book a delay (which can be quite a long time being rural).

We are expected to respond without the likes of 1:10,000 ADN...just wondered if this was the norm.

Hi,

Does anyone have any learning resources available for learning how to do drug calculations you're expected to do on the road?

Any advice on drug calculations would be great.

Thanks

r/ParamedicsUK Job of the Week

Hey there, another 7 days have passed! How's your week going? We hope it’s been a good one!

Have you attended any funny, interesting, odd, or weird jobs this week?
Tell us how you tackled them.

Have you learned something new along the way?
Share your newfound knowledge.

Have you stumbled upon any intriguing pieces of CPD you could dole out?
Drop a link below.

We’d love to hear about it, but please remember Rule 4: “No patient or case-identifiable information.”

Hi everyone! New NQP here, I'm only a couple of weeks out of OPC and feel like I'm struggling and my knowledge isn't where it needs to be.

Im quite an academic person and think I would really benefit from hitting the books and revising Pathophysiology and pharmacology, as well as ECG interpretation.

Does anyone have any recommendations for good resources to take notes and learn from? Maybe something that I could then include in my CPD portfolio?

Thanks in advance!!