Immensely pleased to be starting my career with HART on 1st March 🙌🏻 incredibly excited to be starting this new chapter! #paramedic

To some this may seem so trivial but to those of us who have experienced loss, this is such a massive thing. Today I read this and I cried, cried because now my family will have something to recognise our baby and to remember our baby by. Today is a good day ❤️

Why #MarthasRule matters: 🧵 In September 2023, at one week old, our little baby boy presented with a high temperature but otherwise seemed well. We attended a local ED with the expectation that he’d receive a lumbar puncture and blood cultures.

Last shift on a conventional ambulance completed (on my own terms anyway). Can’t say I’ll miss any of it.. Looking forward to my next chapter with Bristol HART starting on Monday 🚑 🚨

Nothing beats a bit of man time after 4 night shifts…

The paradox of interpreting the ECG with a RBBB: - Overt STE may be present, satisfying OMI/STEMI criteria, but it is not appreciated; or conversely - The widened QRS of a normal RBBB ECG is misinterpreted as suggesting OMI/STEMI, despite normal ST segments. A 🧵. 1/6

Australia, a special place with some special memories with my beautiful wife and children. Is Queensland in need of a UK Paramedic..? 🙄 #paramedic #australia

Large US/Canadian cohort study finds no overall difference in survival to hospital discharge for children moved intra-arrest v those resuscitated on scene. But intra-arrest transport in under 1s = lower survival. #stayonscene jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

The next generation Chris Sim

Congrats to all Para students passing their courses 💪🏻 🧑‍🎓 in 7 years I’ve gone from working in a supermarket, to ECA, to student, to NQP, to HART. Dream big, your careers are only just starting!

A fantastic experience for my son with Dorset and Somerset Air Ambulance (DSAA) who took the time to engage with him whilst clinicians dealt with an incident. A fantastic and very well needed service!

Incredibly fortunate to call this work! Great 2 weeks with some awesome people completing my first module at HART. BA is fun. #paramedic #HART

Saturday, been up since 5:45am, left in charge of my 2 sons, and this is why it shouldn’t be allowed..

“One day we will…stop making patients lie flat” - Christopher Hicks

Incredibly proud to finally be able to call myself a HART Paramedic, and what a privileged job it is!

Merry Christmas from HART Bristol white team! Huge respect to all of those giving up their time to look after the public today 🎅🏻 🎄

Anecdotally, I think this is a relatively common issue in cardiac arrest care. Take time to perfect the essentials when managing an arrest. Don’t accept anything less. If you’re a team leader, or team member, take time to notice these little things that make the big difference

This happens far too much in practice. These are stressful situations but if we spend that extra 5 seconds placing pads optimally, it might make that difference between ROSC or no ROSC..

Do you look after cardiac arrest patients? Ever notice the difference between American & European Hs & Ts? Can hypoglycaemia cause cardiac arrest? What are the Cs ?! Do you know the Ischaemic / Structural / Electrical model of cardiac causes? youtu.be/Jv-wXhwgpTI

The most important change in my practice in cardiac arrest in recent years: checking defibrillator pad position youtu.be/jEc36zZIFbw