We spend a lot of time developing our technical skills. But have we lost sight of the importance of the so called "soft skills"? Today we sit down with Andy Bell to discuss these skills and why they are essential to our practice. 

"A patient won't remember what you said, or what you did, they will remember how you made them feel"

We recently sat down with Mitchell Trethowan, to have a chat about his recent publication "Good Grief, Bad Grief - Should family be present during cardiopulmonary resuscitation". Can being present benefit the family, or can it hinder clinical interventions? Does being present allow the family to be involved in decision making, or does it hinder communication within the team? Tune in to hear our thoughts!

To read the article in full, head to Good Grief Bad Grief - Clinical Education (theshiftextension.org) 

On today's episode, Sunny and Nick explore a case of atypical anaphylaxis. 

Welcome to the first episode of The Shift Extension Paramedic Podcast. Today Sunny and Nick dive into our first case study. We have all been to the intoxicated patient who we believe is "just drunk" and thus absolutely fine. But what if there was something else contributing to their presentation, something that was subtle but dangerous. 

Today we talk about serotonin syndrome.  These patients are usually young, fit and healthy, but can present with life threatening disease. We will talk about its presentation, red flags and how our bias can cloud our judgement.