Great to speak to a group of student paramedics at Hereford Hub today. We talked about the Speedy SPEEDY is testing a new pathway for direct admission to specialist thrombectomy centres for clot removal 🧠 It could be everyday care when they graduate! 🎓 #SavingBrains

Would any of my pre-hospital colleagues like a place at the CoP research conference in Leicester tomorrow, fully paid for. Unfortunately I have the lurgy so can’t go 😷

We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to become a Consultant Pharmacist through a STEP prgramme in Critical Care University Hospitals Birmingham. We are seeking a pharmacist experienced in critical care who wishes to expand their role. See: Job Advert (jobs.nhs.uk) #ukcpa

Great to see SPEEDY mentioned at the College of Paramedics Annual Research Conference☺️

Good start to the week meeting with colleagues at UHB Research around the Golden Hour study. This involves West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou, as well as air ambulance crews, collecting blood and saliva samples within the first minutes after injury. For more info: srmrc.nihr.ac.uk/trials/golden-…

Presenting a poster at the UoB Translational Research Symposium #UoB_TRS2024. Happy International Paramedics day 🥳 #IPD2024 #InternationalParamedicsDay Laura Nice Tony Belli Andrew Stevens

Speedy has reached 500 calls made by crews from 5 ambulance services to stroke thrombectomy centres across England! 👏 🧠 Thanks to the study team for these delicious biscuits from The Hextol Foundation - a little thank you to crews at Worcester Hub today for #SavingBrains 🍪

Hearing about the challenges of pre-hospital 🚑 research in the context of the Speedy at the UK Stroke Research Forum

Presenting a poster on the Golden Hour for Stroke (GHoSt) study at the UK Stroke Research Forum Stroke Association Tony Belli Josh Miller 9 patients recruited so far 🥳

Today is the day! Paul and Matt take delivery of CRASH-4 medicines at West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou 🧠 We are delighted to be joining several ambulance services and hospitals in this Clinical Trials Unit - Global Health Trials Group head injury study, which already has almost 2000 participants crash4.lshtm.ac.uk for more info

We are excited to be working on a new research study which is aiming to create a lateral flow test (LFT) to determine whether a patient is suffering a stroke. We are working alongside the University of Birmingham and University Hospitals Birmingham on the Ghost study, which will

⭐ New PHEM revision book out! ⭐️ 400 pages of SBA’s Ideal for practising for DipIMC and FIMC Written by two awesome PHEM doctors who completed subspecialty training 👏🏻 🚁 🚑

The GHOST study: West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou 🚑 crews are collecting saliva from patients with suspected stroke taken to University Hospitals Birmingham 🏥 so Uni of Birmingham researchers can develop a lateral flow test for stroke 🧠 Thanks to patients, crews & our funder Stroke Association 🙏 bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou work with hospitals across the region to test new treatments and ways of working. Today, Hazel Smith and I spent some time getting top-notch data for Speedy. This study tests a new pathway to speed up access to brain-saving thrombectomy 🧠 #SavingBrains

Many congratulations Gavin Perkins

Congratulations to West Midlands Ambulance Service #HelpUsHelpYou and Worcestershire Royal Hospital (Worcestershire Acute NHS) on successfully conveying their first patient into the trial. A fantastic team effort—well done! #ClinicalTrials #TXA

Next week - but we need your questions now! What would you like the panel to discuss or explain?

Finally the results of the PACKMaN trial, double-blind RCT of ketamine vs morphine by paramedics, have been published… Paper can be found here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S26… My sincere thanks to all the patients, paramedics, research teams and the funder (NIHR). 😔

We had a great first face-to-face meeting of researchers in our study last week! Over 60 patients recruited so far and exciting discussions about the next steps of the study! Stroke Association Tony Belli Josh Miller Sheikh Momin