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In case you missed the news, Katie Price is considering a career change: she wants to train as a paramedic. Has she got what it takes? Well, maybe. Here’s why... Katie’s got five kids, which makes her a solid multi-tasker. Being a mother – let alone to five children – means she’s used to juggling different needs and most of all, remaining calm under pressure. She’ll already ...

This blog post was written by Matt Green, a paramedic for an NHS Trust. Follow him on Twitter @MLG1611 Mid-way through the Sunday shift, the mobile data terminal alerts you and Paramedic Maureen to a `64 year old male Patient keeps falling and can’t get up`. Whilst calls for fallen patients are common (you’ve already done three that shift), Maureen comments this patient is a...

Thanks to the @PreHospECG team for supplying the questions for this week's #MedChat special on ECG interpretation. If you missed it, sloped off half-way through, or just want to use these questions for your own purposes, here they are - Q1 - What do you find most challenging about ECG interpretation and why? Q2 - What useful resources and/or techniques have helped you to lea...

​Can you believe it’s been nearly two years since we started #MedChat, our weekly tweetchat? We’ve come a long way, thanks to the support of the ambulance community of Twitter who tune in every Thursday night at 8pm to discuss one topic or another. With that in mind, we’ve been looking back over the topics we’ve already covered… perhaps it’s time to revisit some? If you have...

This blog post was written by Matt Green, a paramedic for an NHS Trust. Follow him on Twitter @MLG1611 I have done between 20-30 careers fairs and open days to promote the ambulance service. Some events have attracted school leavers and young university applicants, whereas others have attracted a much broader range of (older) people with much more life experience who also ha...

The new standardised purple uniform for use by UK ambulance trusts rolls out today. The Paramedic Uniform Committee of England (PUCE), which was formed last year, will monitor the success of the core uniform, assist in the development of future specifications, seek out opportunities for standardisation and rationalisation and work with fashion houses across the UK to source ...

This blog post was written by Matt Green, a paramedic for an NHS Trust. Follow him on Twitter @MLG1611 The Trauma Care 2017 conference (@TraumaCareUK) was held at Staffordshire’s Yarnfield Park 15-18 March. In total, there were over 26 conference streams and an incredible 200 speakers! Hundreds, if not thousands, of delegates included pre-hospital and in-hospital clinicians,...

"Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together." We’re celebrating our 5th birthday today, so I just want to say thank you to all our hard-working ambulance professionals and loyal clients for making this journey happen. On 12th March 2012, I took a leap of faith and started MedicNow because I believed ambulance trusts and patients could be bett...

We stumbled upon this marvellous poem on Facebook. It was written by an anonymous LAS worker, explaining why she is proud to wear her 10 year service badge.... Not Just A Badge All the study and tests, the 'just do your best'. The stress, the fears and the hidden tears. The built up frustration. The long cold nights, and sleep deprivation. The no breaks and off lates. The tu...

Kirsty Elton is our Business Development Manager, a Yorkshire lass, and a vocal proponent of our Medicnow HALO teams… Known mostly for beautiful landscapes of green, dry stone walls, tea and of course our ability to chat to anyone... Yorkshire is definitely a beautiful place to live. What you may not know is that like the rest of the country, our Emergency Departments are ov...