We're pioneering a new scheme to help reduce the risks of chemsex, as data shows that we treat 1 person a day from the effects of 'hook-up drugs'. This will include new training for staff + resources for our teams to share with communities where #chemsex is most prevalent (1/2)

We’re currently embarking on forming the College of Paramedics - Critical Care Specialist Interest Group (CCSIG) with aims to develop a curriculum for those wanting to progress from Paramedic to Advanced Paramedic 🙌 More info will be available soon! #ParamedicsUK #CriticalCare

Sleep loss ⬇️⬇️ gut microbiome diversity, causes microbiota imbalance (dysbiosis), further ⬆️⬆️ inflammation. Transplanting microbiota of sleep-deprived humans into well-rested mice triggers similar inflammation, including in brain regions controlling memory & decision-making.

ARREST RCT results are in. Made possible in part by the recruitment of 862 patients by London’s Advanced Paramedic Practitioners in Critical Care and CARU ⁦London Ambulance Service⁩ thelancet.com/journals/lance…

We’ve been crafting this episode for a while now and last night it all came together beautifully. Hearing Ed Presswood discussing the intricacies and nuances of end of life care pretty much stopped us in our tracks. This is one not to miss #FOAMed #FOAMems

A positive response from Government to the short debate in the House of Lords today, supporting the proposals to enable the prescribing of the 5 specified controlled drugs by paramedic independent prescribers, with changes due to be made to legislation by the end of this year.

Six fundamental beliefs that bias our view of the world: 1. My experience is a reasonable reference. 2. I make correct assessments of the world. 3. I am good. 4. My group is a reasonable reference. 5. My group is good. 6. People's attributes (not context) shape outcomes.

When people near death have out-of-body experiences, see tunnels with bright lights, and watch their lives pass before them, have their souls left their bodies? An experimental test: if revived, do they have accurate memories of what happened in the ICU while they flatlined?

Sometimes there are clear examples of how far paramedic practice has come. Today I spoke at the annual BMUS 3 day conference about POCUS use in paramedic practice and its utilisation within APPCC.

A retrospective cohort study of pre-hospital agitation management by advanced paramedic practitioners in critical car from 7:3 by Nick Brown et al is now #OpenAccess ingentaconnect.com/contentone/tco…

Delphi study to reach a consensus on the definition of Acute Behavioural Disturbance with management considerations. Important to also consider the decompensated patent with a history of ABD who is no longer aggressive but physiologically unstable / peri arrest.

Saving ambulance resources: a service evaluation of the identification of non-viable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in London by advanced paramedic practitioners in critical care from 8:4 by Nick Brown and Chelsey Pike doi.org/10.29045/14784…

Great work Chelsey Pike Nick Brown 👏

“Saving ambulance resources: a service evaluation of the identification of non-viable out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in London by advanced paramedic practitioners in critical care” go.shr.lc/3v0XHoQ See you at ‘Golden Nuggets’, CoP conference 2024.

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April Paper Podcast •RCT; wet clothes removal, is there a difference in rewarming rates? •Morphine vs ibuprofen + paracetamol for fractures •ETCO2 & mortality in suspected severe TBI itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the… open.spotify.com/show/4pGoo1XFn… TheResusRoom.co.uk #FOAMed

'That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.' Christopher Hitchens – author and humanist, was born #OnThisDay 1949.

Excellent service evaluation by Nick Brown and Chelsey Pike presented at the College of Paramedics conference today. Advanced paramedics matching resources to need in out of hospital cardiac arrest and maximising resources for all patients.

Lovely to get this recognition for the London Ambulance Service APPCCs and co-author Chelsey Pike . Thank you theBPJ and College of Paramedics. Thank you audience! Well done to all Golden Nugget presenters.

A London critical care paramedic, Alex Wilding, has been discussing the importance of a Stab Check. “It’s never just a flesh wound” and focusing on “getting on with it” but maintaining dignity and gaining consent. Also to “do it again” in hospital