Paramedic Placements

A Pocket Guide for Nursing and Health Care

Karan Botsford

Price: £9.99 , $14.99, €11.99

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Format: Spiral bound

Publication date: January 30, 2024

Pages: 96 pages

ISBN: 9781914962165 Related titles: ,

Other editions available: Ebook

Description

Paramedic placements can be daunting – you’ll be working in a range of settings and supporting individuals with a variety of conditions. There are new colleagues to work with, and newly learned theory to put into practice. This pocket guide is designed to make your placements much more enjoyable and less stressful.
From ambulance placements to stroke assessment, via manual handling, it’s full of practical detail, hints and tips.

  • Written by an experienced lecturer with key input from students – this guidance is really produced with you in mind.
  • Pocket-sized format – carry it with you at all times.
  • Space to make your own notes – be it uniform policy, new terminology, or just the names of your new colleagues!

Reduce your stress and make the most of your placements by having this book to hand from the start.

Before you go
1. Preparing for placement
     1.1 Planning for your first day
     1.2 Absence

2. Professionalism
     2.1 Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
     2.2 College of Paramedics
     2.3 Social media use

Going on placement
3. Your first day

4. Working with your practice educator
     4.1 Issues in practice

Settling there
5. Communication and documentation
     5.1 Communication
     5.2 Documentation
     5.3 Incident reporting/DATIX
     5.4 Alternative communication aids

6. Patient assessments
     6.1 Assessing response levels
     6.2 Airway, Breathing, Circulation, Disability, Exposure (ABCDE)
     6.3 Basic life support
     6.4 Sepsis 6
     6.5 Stroke Assessment
     6.6 Assessment of pain
     6.7 Mental capacity assessment

7. Medications
     7.1 Routes of administration
     7.2 Common medications used in the ambulance service

8. Manual handling

9. Hand hygiene

10. Assessments in practice

Going on ambulance placements
11. Ambulance placement
     11.1 What to expect
     11.2 Potential learning outcomes
     11.3 Roles and responsibilities
     11.4 Uniform
     11.5 Common ambulance terminology

Going on non-traditional placements
12. Making the most of non-traditional placements
     12.1 Common non-ambulance placement terminology

13. Care homes
     13.1 What to expect
     13.2 Potential learning outcomes
     13.3 Roles and responsibilities
     13.4 Uniform

14. Hospices
     14.1 What to expect
     14.2 Potential learning outcomes
     14.3 Roles and responsibilities
     14.4 Uniform

15. Community/primary care
     15.1 What to expect
     15.2 Potential learning outcomes
     15.3 Roles and responsibilities
     15.4 Uniform

16. Acute hospital setting
     16.1 What to expect
     16.2 Potential learning outcomes
     16.3 Roles and responsibilities
     16.4 Uniform

17. Maternity
     17.1 What to expect
     17.2 Potential learning outcomes
     17.3 Roles and responsibilities
     17.4 Uniform
     17.5 Specific maternity terms

Moving on
18. Reflection and personal development

19. FAQs

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