Beneath The Blue Lights

Beneath The Blue Lights

By Kim Bussey ChamberlainSociety & Culture
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Beneath The Blue Lights episodes

  • Michael Budd: Solo Responder
    In our season finale we hear from Michael Budd, a paramedic who works on a solo response vehicle. We talk about managing patient expectations, breaking beds and brewing cider – all in a day’s work for Michael.
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1 and Instagram @KimBravoCharlie
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    21 min
  • Dan Nevin: Anaesthetist
    This week I chat to the awesome Dr Dan Nevin about working in trauma and anaesthesia. We talk about balance, mainly in the form of musicals.
    Follow Dan on Twitter @docdgn
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1 and Instagram @KimBravoCharlie
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    31 min
  • Ellie and Abby Hudson: Midwives
    This week I talk to the wonderful midwifery sibling duo, Ellie and Abby Hudson. They talk about empowering people to make their own decisions around birth, catching babies in unexpected places and why paramedics look so relieved when they arrive on scene at obstetric jobs to find a midwife already there.
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    42 min
  • Punam Krishan: GP
    This week I speak to the totally brilliant Dr Punam Krishan. NHS GP, writer and podcast host of The Medic Mum Podcast, Dr Punam talks portfolio careers, family events as a medic and the value of patients thanking us.
    You can find Punam on Twitter @DrPunamKrishan and Instagram @DrPunamKrishan - Pre Order Punams new book, How to Be a Doctor and Other Life-Saving Jobs!
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    38 min
  • Andy Tweedy: Firefighter
    This week we hear from another member of the emergency services family, firefighter Andy Tweedy. Andy talks naked cowboys, Fireman Sam and ponders the question whether we’re a bunch of people that really love our jobs or whether there’s actually something wrong with us!
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    40 min
  • Richard Webb-Stevens: Motorcycle and HEMS Paramedic
    This week I’m excited to introduce you all to Richard Webb-Stevens or RWS as he’s known in the ambulance service. RWS is a deaf paramedic who has worked on both motorbikes and helicopters. He is a man of many talents – he cooks up delicious looking RWS-ipies, photographs the city from the skies as a HEMS paramedic and plays a mean bit of blues on the bass.
    Follow RWS on Twitter @74RWS and Instagram @rws999
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    46 min
  • Stephanie Ooi: GP
    This week I talk to the wonderful Dr Stephanie Ooi a GP and host of The Medic Mum podcast. We talk about the pressure facing GP’s in the NHS, leaving the NHS behind and the phrase learning experience as a red flag!
     
    You can find Steph on Instagram @the_gp_mum and you can find The Medic Mum Podcast on your favourite podcast platform.
     
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    43 min
  • Leah Hazard: Midwife
    This week we speak to another frontline health professional – Midwife, Leah Hazard. Leah wrote the Sunday Times Bestseller Hard Pushed - her memoir about working in the NHS as a midwife. Her new book, Womb will be out in March 2023. We talk about accidentally inspiring the next generation of midwives, working through the pandemic, moral injury and ‘windy’ night shifts.
    For more information or support for those frontline workers struggling with their mental health please do visit www.laurahydefoundation.org or follow them on instagram @thelaurahydefoundation
     
    You can find Leah on Twitter @hazard_leah and Instagram @leahhazard
     
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    44 min
  • Lydia Maskery: Paramedic
    This week I’m introducing you to Lydia Maskery, paramedic and clinical team manager. We discuss mountain top epiphanies, meeting patients whose lives we’ve saved and eating Twisters being the sign of a good shift.
     
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    31 min
  • Jen Jackson: Paramedic
    Today I’m excited to introduce you to Jen Jackson. Jen is a paramedic, intrepid traveller and roller skater. In this episode we mainly try not to swear in case Jen’s mam is listening. We also cover compassion fatigue, recognising burnout and how to set boundaries to counter it.
    Follow Jen on Twitter @jenniferrmay and on Instagram @jenniferrmay
    Connect with Kim on her website www.kimbusseychamberlain.co.uk and follow her on Twitter @KimBusseyChamb1
    To keep up to date with future episodes follow us on Twitter @TheParamedicPod and on Instagram @TheParamedicPodcast
    31 min

About Beneath The Blue Lights

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This podcast is all about what it’s really like to be a paramedic - or any frontline uniformed professional - each week you get to hear from the real humans under the uniform, the memorable moments…