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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). 😔