The PocketParamedic Podcast: Recent Episodes

Liam Mellor

We're here to help Student Paramedics transition from university lectures to ambulance placements.

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Join Liam on this episode as he talks through his worsening advice tips and learn exactly how to safety net your patient (and your back side)

ECG E-Book 👉 https://pocketparamedic.aweb.page/p/664cc80f-5406-4daa-a2bb-d8c089b0f59c

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Liam talks about how he safety nets headache patients he non conveys.

Links from the show...

Free ECG E-book 👉 https://pocketparamedic.aweb.page/p/664cc80f-5406-4daa-a2bb-d8c089b0f59c

Here’s some zebra traps to leave once you’ve decided the best course of action is to leave a patient at home…

Stroke/subarachnoid

- Severe headache

- Blurred or altered vision impairment

- Slurred speech, or the use of inappropriate words

- An inability to produce or understand speech

- A facial droop

- Numbness or altered sensation in face or limbs

- Unilateral limb weakness

- Loss of coordination

- confusion/reduced level of consciousness

Infection cause

- Neck stiffness

- Photophobia

- Non blanching rash

- Fever

- Rigors

- Scalp tenderness

- Fitting

Nice guidelines on headache

https://cks.nice.org.uk/topics/headache-assessment/diagnosis/headache-diagnosis/

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In this episode, Liam shares a cardiac arrest experience and gives you an easy memory hack to help you manage cardiac arrests

To check out the history taking and diagnosis pocketbook 👉 https://pocketparamedic.aweb.page/p/185ede42-fcdb-4902-b7d1-95b3f3270f7d

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Learn the 4 things you need to do to be able attend with confidence on placement

links:

  • History taking and diagnosis pocketbook 👉 https://pocketparamedic.aweb.page/p/1...

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In this episode, Liam talks through 4 ways to help you get your competencies signed off on placement.

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links:

  • History taking and diagnosis pocketbook 👉 https://pocketparamedic.aweb.page/p/1...

  • FREE ECG E-book 👉 https://pocketparamedic.aweb.page/p/6...

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In this episode, We’re joined by experienced Paramedic and NQP completer Az, who’s here to answer all questions NQP related.

links:

  • History taking and diagnosis pocketbook 👉 https://pocketparamedic.aweb.page/p/1...

  • FREE ECG E-book 👉 https://pocketparamedic.aweb.page/p/6...

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Join us on this week's episode, where I'll discuss...

  • The 4 little letters that make a big impact 

  • When to stay and play and when to make a run for it

  • The most important aspects of a maternity history and handover (after you've caught the baby) 

  • How one student (me) can remember absolutely naff all

Links from the show: 

  • History taking and diagnosis pocketbook 

  • FREE ECG E-book

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I'm joined by Az who's a Paramedic, friend, former housemate, and 4-hour long bathroom hogger.  We take on some of PocketParamedic's most popular questions, here's what we delve into...

  • The best way to make a good impression

  • The one thing we wished we'd known on first placement 

  • How to deal with an overbearing mentor

  • Is it normal to lack confidence when you're nearly qualified?

  • How on earth do we remember all of the drugs, doses, and maternity complications?

  • How you should structure a mental health history 

FREE ECG E-Book

History taking and diagnosis Pocketbook 

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Liam shares some first placement experiences and gives you a few top tips to help you prepare

Links:

  • Free ECG E-book

  • History taking and Diagnosis Pocketbook