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Both NHS ambulance and independent sector professionals
are a long way from the old culture of "scoop and run", when
the ambulance crews were little more than basic first aid
trained, and their job was to simply transport the patient to
hospital. The replacement practice of "stay and play" also
had its own problems with over-enthusiastic crews
sometimes wasting valuable time attempting to give fluids
on-site to stabilise a patient before transporting to hospital
or trying to diagnose without appropriate equipment.
The past few years have seen a vast improvement in patient
care with correct decisions on giving appropriate treatment
on-site and the movement of time-critical patients. This is as
a result of improved training and improved diagnostic
equipment, allowing the pre-hospital professionals to make better informed clinical decisions.
In an ideal world, the time spent on training and the
subsequent cost would not be factors in the consideration of
establishing effective skills and knowledge, but certainly
within the independent sector, time away from operational
duties is a cost many employers are reluctant to give, yet
they still need to maintain the professionalism and skills
updates of their EMS personnel. Specific roles also need
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For 2011, we have added to our portfolio a range of
modular extended training courses for pre-hospital EMS
personnel. These two-day courses are in a format somewhat
similar to the way the National Health Service Training and
Development (NHSTD) extended skills training modules were
produced. By providing these modules in conjunction with
Jones and Bartlett Learning, we are assisting in helping
employers release their EMS personnel for short periods,
thus reducing their down-time so as not to be operationally
disruptive. These modular courses also allow personnel to
target specific extended training skills relevant to their
particular needs either for initial or refresher purposes.
Within the world of healthcare, safety, and pre-hospital
emergency care training, at technician, paramedic, or
independent EMT level, Jones and Bartlett are renowned as
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the world leaders of text, professional and reference books
for college and training use. Our extended training modules
will focus on using the Jones and Bartlett publication "Emergency Care In The Streets" by Nancy Caroline. This 6th
edition has recently been revised and "anglicised" to meet
British requirements and protocols rather than those of the
United States, and is now totally relevant to training in the
UK. The modules that we have designed and which are
available now are:
- Vascular access, peripheral IV cannulation &
intraosseous infusion
- Advanced airway management
- 12 lead ECG monitoring, recording & analysis
- Advanced cardiac life support
- Gynaecological & obstetric emergencies
Some of these extended skills modular courses will consist
of pre-learning in some academic subjects, such as anatomy
and physiology, and this pre-learning will vary depending on
the level of the entrant. For example, we would not expect a
paramedic to prove knowledge of the electrical pathway in
the heart, but we may ask an EMT to do this, by means of a
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Another Lifeskills
Medical initiative for
2011 is that we are
currently in discussion
with professional bodies
in order to have
accredited CPD points
made available for these
professional training
modules. We will assist
in portfolio building and
these modules may well
be beneficial for those
looking to build their
portfolio of training and
their work experience
prior to applying for
their HPC registration
The venue for these courses will be at Lifeskills Medical EMS
Training Centre at Stafford, where we have full state of the
art training facilities using modern relevant equipment. To
find out more about this innovative approach to developing
or refreshing your skills needs, call us - we'll be pleased to
advise you further.
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