Affecting an estimated 80% of the population at some time in their lives, Lower back pain is a common presentation to ambulance crews. Often this will be muscular in origin, however there are many serious conditions that is im portant ambulance staff are able to recognise and diagnose. This month we’re looking at the assessment and managment of these varied differential diagnoses from Cauda Equina Syndrome to Discitis.

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This is the Second part of our 2 part mini series looking at Road Traffic Collision.

In this episode we put your questions to Adam Barrow, head of collision research at TRL.

Is closing speed a useful thing to describe? 50mph + 50mph head on = 100mph crash...right? How do airbags influence injury? Do electric vehicles present a risk to the rescuer? These and many more questions answered.

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In this Episode we speak to Adam Barrow the head of collision research for TRL. Adam talks to us about how he and his team assess the scenes of Road Traffic Collisions, how car safety features work and how thinking about the injury experience during a collision can support our practice and care for injured patients.

Every year in England and wales 1.4 million people attend A+E with a head injury, this makes up just over 6.5% of the presentations that Emergency departments see with 20% of them being admitted. Prehospital clinicians can have a difficult time assessing these patients often without the luxuries that come with seeing these patients in hospital. This week we look at the assessment, managment and how to safely discharge adult headinjuries.

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Logical Fallacies have been documented as far back as ancient greece. For over 2000 years we have been making logical errors, and in modern day paramedic practice, these errors in logic can affect our clinical decisions. This week we discuss times in our own practice where we have fallen short to logical fallacies and what if anything we can do to combat them.

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General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics and newly qualified paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics designed to refresh memories and provide links to other resources for further learning.

This year, students are registering in unprecedentedly difficult times which is bound to lead to some anxieties.

In this episode we discuss 10 bits of advice we wish we'd been told before registering as paramedics as well as several of our colleagues who have sent us some absolute pearls of wisdom.

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General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics and newly qualified paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics designed to refresh memories and provide links to other resources for further learning.

In this episode we discuss Transient loss of Conciousness. The presentations, assessments involved and potential causes, as well as some case studies we've encountered in our practice.

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General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics and newly qualified paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics designed to refresh memories and provide links to other resources for further learning.

This is the second part of our 2 part podcast on hypothermia. In this podcast we look at managment of the critically unwell hypothermic patient and modifications to the hypothermic cardiac arrest algorithm.

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General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics and newly qualified paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics designed to refresh memories and provide links to other resources for further learning.

In this episode we look at the pathophysiology behind hypothermia. We go through the stages of hypothermia from mild homeostatic changes to peri-arrest phenomena.

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General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics and newly qualified paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics designed to refresh memories and provide links to other resources for further learning.

General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics designed to refresh memories and provide links to other resources for further learning.

This Episode focuses on Elderly fallers and our assessment as ambulance clinicians. We hope to dispel some myths, look at gold standard assessment and cover falls prevention.

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