Recent content by ralphchadkirk

I think there’s probably an exceptionally sad link to digital literacy and source interpretation that will differ from pre-digital generations, the digital generation, and post-digital.

Apart from the usual EU borders, I’ve done: North korea to China by train Mexico to Belize by bus. Everything else was by sea, river or air.

Sorry to hear that. Unfortunately most 999 Trusts are reliant on private provision to support performance.

I A very good point - skills are meaningless, knowledge is not. I wrote my MSc dissertation about intubation and you are right - it does not improve outcomes. Similarly, cricothyroidotomy - again, unless they’re an infant or you’re doing it with a scapel, it’s pointless. Thrombolysis? Well, the...

This is, to me, an extremely interesting question - and one that needs to be answered in two parts. Firstly - what is a profession? And secondly, do paramedics meet that definition? This will really be a sociological deep dive! If you are truly interested I recommend reading McCann’s “The...

I'll drink anything.

I haven't carried cash in about 5 years (apart from internationally, and even then my cards have been accepted in some very odd places), and so far suffered no ill-consequences. Contactless and C&P payments are the way forward.

TL;DR: the numbers I've completely made up prove my point.

Hi - yes, very well thanks. Nice to see some of the old(-ish) names still holding fort!

Way bigger than that in fleet size. Ambulances are only one part - you need many, many different vehicles to deliver an effective service.

Hello. I don't often post here for many reasons, but I thought I would on this one. This isn't true. It compares two, incomparable models of emergency medicine: the Anglo-American model and the Franco-German. Whilst working in this field I've been lucky enough to meet a number of people who...

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I would agree, however the health service has nowhere near the same protection that the railway industry has. I did 48 hours of night shifts last week (not including the hour or two late home because you can't simply drop everything and go, and no breaks at all on any of them), and this week...

I believe the evidence indicates that there are now more survivors with life changing disability than deaths from jumping in front of tube trains.

I would vote for the 787 for long haul travel. BA club world is amazing.