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From: "Dr Matthew Cooke" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:44 PM
Subject: Re: Third Watch
> The present trend is for the ambulance services to be more part of the NHS
> and less one of the emergency services. The recent ASA document on the
> future of ambulance services
> [ http://www.ambex.co.uk/pdf/fas_report.pdf ] is clearly in favour of
this.
> This seems sensible as although some dispatch functions are similar to the
> emergency services, the important part of their job is healthcare.
> Paramedics rotating thorough A&E and other areas would seem to be one way
> forward- anyone any experience of this?
> Matthew Cooke
>
>
Ithink Matthew has got the current school of thought, Although yes there are
similarities to other other emergenciy services in respect of parts of A+E
work, but much of the ambulance service's work is health service work pure
and simple ( PTs, transfers, and to some extent urgents)
In terms of paramedics in the 'in hospital' environment i've not had much
experience of it , except in the event medical services area where
paramedics and Nurses are sometimes and some places unsed
interchangably.However as an addendum to this i know and work with in a VAS
capacity some of the (graduating)students and graduates from the ill fated
Sheffied Paramedic science degree and they had quite an extensive set of in
hospital experinces during their degree course.
There is no real reason why paramedics could not rotate through A+E and much
of the talk of PECs refeers to a dual entry route of Nursing or paramedic
first registrations , there is little reason if the impetus is there for
paramedics not to acquire a wider range of in hospital A+E skills, an
ultimate conclusion of this may be a substantial number of dual qualified
practitioners (Nurse + Paramedic) in the emergency care arena, personally
i'd like the idea and even further variety that this would present.
Martyn Hodson
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