Louise Sopher is a Paramedic, Resuscitation Practitioner, and Resuscitation Council ALS Instructor based in Hertfordshire. She has been a registered Paramedic for over 5 years. She is the founder of Article 999.
This is a video series for adult patients aged 65+ on what to do when you fall over. The series includes information on when to call for help, what to do if you are not hurt, and when to speak to your Doctor about your falls. There is also a complete (merged) video if you wish to watch the whole series at once. Health-care-professionals may share these videos with patients as health promotion and worsening advice.
A six week review begins today (03/04/2022) to produce evidence for ways to reduce vitamin d deficiencies and health inequalities in the UK. Click the photo or link to read more on the GovUK website. -- Health News
This is a template log to help you meet your CPD and audit requirements. If you set up your own Airtable account, you can copy the 'base' (the whole thing) to your own account and then make it your own.
We all know the drowning protocol - 5 initial rescue breaths, followed by 30: 2, but do we know how many rescue breaths are advised for in-water resus (on the surface)? Should we even be doing in-water resus? Let's take a look at the evidence.
If you're a UK Paramedic looking for a OneNote template to use for your CPD folder, here's a link to one I've made.
The NICE guidelines, summarised, and made relevant for Paramedics (anything irrelevant is not included)
This is a fast fact based on this post. Full reference available there.
This is a fast fact based on the full post: Burns: The Practical Stuff. Full reference available there.
This is a fast fact based on the full post – Burns: The Practical Stuff. Full reference available there.
This is a fast fact based on this post. Full reference available there.