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Being a BASICS Doctor

Mind The Bleep

Responders can be tasked by the ambulance service to attend emergency calls where there is going to be a delay in an ambulance response, or where additional skills or simply another pair of hands might improve the outcome for the patient. The Sandpiper Trust was founded in 2001 following the death of 14-year-old Sandy Dickson.

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Elective Placement With The Air Ambulance: Reflective Account and Top Tips

Mind The Bleep

Through this role, as an observer, I was able to experience various pre-hospital emergencies; the most common scenarios I attended were cardiac arrests, but I also attended trauma patients at the scene of road traffic accidents, fractures in a wilderness medicine setting, anaphylaxis, and many others.