Maria Laffey (@mariawast) 's Twitter Profile
Maria Laffey

@mariawast

Advanced Paramedic Practitioner working for #TeamWAST.

Working a rotational model in the control centre, APP car & with a GP cluster.

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Jason Killens KAM (@jasonkillens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is defo the right path to take. We’ve been training Masters’s level Advanced Paramedic Practitioners for years & see non-conveyance rates some 35/40% higher than a regular paramedic as more care episodes are safely closed in community. At scale - its the only way forward.

Jason Killens KAM (@jasonkillens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Add in Independent Paramedic Prescribing to maximise impact of APPs in community & invest in upstream senior clinical decision making in contact centres. These are the answers to today’s emergency ambulance service challenges - not more ambulances taking more people to ED.

Add in Independent Paramedic Prescribing to maximise impact of APPs in community & invest in upstream senior clinical decision making in contact centres. These are the answers to today’s emergency ambulance service challenges - not more ambulances taking more people to ED.
Maria Laffey (@mariawast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Does anyone know the original reference for the medical model of history taking? The structured PC/HPC/PMH/DH/Allergies/FH/SH/SR approach

Julia Williams (@drjuliawilliams) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great opportunity to progress in research but remain clinical if you wish. Paramedic Senior Research Fellow 0.4 FTE working with a great team (I'm bias-it's my team😂). I'm committed to increasing opportunities to combine a research career with clinical so secondment is an option

Great opportunity to progress in research but remain clinical if you wish. Paramedic Senior Research Fellow 0.4 FTE working with a great team (I'm bias-it's my team😂). I'm committed to increasing opportunities to combine a research career with clinical so secondment is an option
Jason Killens KAM (@jasonkillens) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As our summers get warmer some of our people have asked for shorts to be provided as part of our uniform. I’m pleased to say that #TeamWAST will soon be able to access shorts for use at work in the summer months to make working in the hot weather more comfortable.

As our summers get warmer some of our people have asked for shorts to be provided as part of our uniform. I’m pleased to say that #TeamWAST will soon be able to access shorts for use at work in the summer months to make working in the hot weather more comfortable.
Maria Laffey (@mariawast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Pretty chuffed to have passed my OSCE after only 7.5 hours between shifts and less than 6 hours sleep. Just over a week to go until i’m finished 🤓💊🩺

Pretty chuffed to have passed my OSCE after only 7.5 hours between shifts and less than 6 hours sleep. Just over a week to go until i’m finished 🤓💊🩺
Maria Laffey (@mariawast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Its alway lovely to receive thank you letters from patients, but i’m particularly chuffed to have received two on the same day! #plaudit

Its alway lovely to receive thank you letters from patients, but i’m particularly chuffed to have received two on the same day! #plaudit
Maria Laffey (@mariawast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

**North Wales Primary Care Clinicians***: Please can you code your observations during your consultations - its really useful during my ambulance shifts as it means I can see what observations are normal for that patient which therefore helps me provide better care.

Maria Laffey (@mariawast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lovely evening at my neighbours wedding. I danced with a lady i attended 1.5 years ago with multiple spinal fractures following an RTC. I wasn’t particularly sure she had a spinal injury, but my gut said immobilise -and i’m damn glad i did! 🕺💃

Maria Laffey (@mariawast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Has anyone else been pinged by the HCPC this year? I’ve submitted my portfolio but it still says it needs action - do i need to do anything else?

Has anyone else been pinged by the HCPC this year? I’ve submitted my portfolio but it still says it needs action - do i need to do anything else?
Maria Laffey (@mariawast) 's Twitter Profile Photo

*Trauma folk* - Has anyone else heard a clicking noise when auscultating a right sided pneumothorax/flail chest? I’ve just read up on Hammans sign, but it appears to only be in the left.. And my patients injury was definitely to the right.. #FOAMed #phtls

Jon Price (@amb_jon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This thread is great, and the word nurse could be replaced with many excellent clinical professions. We aren’t here for ego, it’s not even about us, it’s about the people we care for. Great thread 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻