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This post was first published on ' The Ramblings of a Graduate Paramedic ' Blog by Saul Gaunt. You can follow him on Twitter @saulie10 Ah, mental health, those two words that make health professionals cringe. Although, I really enjoy the effect you can have on people during these types of calls. Throughout my placements my interest in mental health has become greater and gre...

Our partners at The Academy of Professional Development have offered us two free places one of their Paediatric Urgent and Emergency Care (PUEC) Courses. This 2-day course, designed for paramedics and ambulance staff, will look in detail at the seriously ill or injured child, and includes some of the more common presentations from a urgent care perspective. The normal cost o...

A #FOAMed article for Critical Care in Pre-hospital Practice @CCinPP - Matt Green PGDip MCPara @MLG1611 When I was a fresh IHCD Trainee Ambulance Technician, an old hand of 44 years’ service remarked that the public always expect an ambulance person to have a bandage to hand. He reasoned not having other equipment would go unnoticed by the general public, but a bandage shoul...

The recent heatwave has caused mounting pressure for A&E departments across the country. Medic Now specialises in deploying ambulance professionals across the emergency and urgent care settings. We're encouraging hospitals to look at integrating our Hospital Ambulance Liaison Officers (HALO) into their Emergency Department workforce to support patient care, especially during...

Every career in pre-hospital care starts with a first day. Well, two first days. The first day of training, and the first day of placement, when you put all the training to the test on real patients who actually depend on you. Almost every course, from basic first aider to student paramedic and beyond, builds heavily on the DR(c)ABCDE model that any emergency can be competen...

Marvellous news for the Medic Now team - we’ve won two Global Recruiter Awards! Last Thursday, we dressed in our finest and went along to the awards ceremony at the Cafe de Paris in London’s Leicester Square. We were nominated in three categories: and though we missed out on Best Marketing Campaign, we beat stiff competition to pick up Best Use of Social Media and Best Speci...

Matt Green, paramedic for Medic Now and the South Central Ambulance Service asks the Friday Frontline Question. Follow him on Twitter @mlg1611 I really enjoy leaving patients at home. There is an enormous professional satisfaction in responding to a 999 call, providing a thorough assessment and formulating a good discharge plan to leave the patient in the comfort of their ow...

This week, we’ve been talking to Tim Needham, a specialist paramedic, about his work with a local GP surgery… I joined the ambulance service and thought that this will be my career for life, I will work here in this trust helping people until I retire in 40 years. How things change!​ So now, 15 years have past and I am moving on, if only partially. I have a great balance now...

This week, we’re chatting to Francine Barrow, a qualified paramedic for an NHS Trust. Francine’s entrepreneurial spirit recently prompted her to make a business venture out of her years of hard work by selling her homemade revision flashcards. Here we learn a bit more about Francine, her struggle to become a paramedic and her interesting sideline. How did you become a parame...

​Do you know a qualified Paramedic or Paramedic Practitioner looking for work? Perhaps a family member, friend or a colleague in your current workplace is looking for additional work? Or more flexibility whilst working in the emergency care sector? One option open to them is to join us! As a Medic Now candidate, we believe that you will know the best candidates for the influ...