Paramedic

Last year, our department did not meet the expectations for the National Registry Paramedic certification examination. For the written examination, our students only had a 55% pass rate while the national average was 66% and a state average of 61%. It important that our department reaches an average passing rate or greater in order to keep our program nationally accredited. The goal of this action plan is to determine the gap between the learning of course material to taking the actual written

Hard skills, hard skills are something that you can be taught to do such as being taught how to do multiplication. In the paramedic field you have many hard skills that would be used on a daily basis one being able to know how to understand and communicate with dispatch and other departments such as fire or police using codes another hard skill that you would use in the field is operating lights and sirens on the way to a sene where being dispatched to or being able to stock the ambulance each shift

a “detailed description of a particular individual being studied or treaded” (p.41). We use case studies to support or refute a hypothosis; an example is a case study of psychiatric patients in the pre-hospital setting. The study focused on the paramedics documentation of 12 months of psychiatric calls to develop a best apporach evidence based care protocols. Casae studies are not typically carried in the natural enviroment, more focused on the what happened and what the outcome is, what could we

being a firefighter will fulfill that dream. I have decided to choose the career field of a firefighter, then, later go on and earn my paramedic degree. I chose this career because I have always dreamed of being in the position to save somebody’s life, and also I have multiple family members who have chosen this career. I feel like becoming a firefighter/ paramedic is the right career for me because

Being able to achieve a place on the Paramedic Science course will fulfil a huge dream of mine. I’ve always had an interest in caring for people and to try to make a difference to their lives. Often just by being a listening ear or just listening to a life story can make a significant difference to an individual. Over the last couple of years, I have had the opportunity to undertake work experience working with a range of different people with learning difficulties, children with complex learning

Care Paramedic An extended care paramedic are experienced clinical practitioners that specialise in patient assessment and a deliverance of quality care. Extended care paramedics treat mainly low to medium acute patients in a variety of community and clinical settings. ("Department of Health | Boosting Productivity", 2017. Their role is primarily to treat those in low need of care to take the strain off high running facilities such as hospitals and first responders. Extended care paramedics are

Expressing Emotions for Paramedics This article basically talks about what effect a critical situation has on a person involved in the situation. A paramedic is in a extremely uncomfortable situation, and they are asked to participate in a survey that asks how they feel after the critical incident. Right away it was noticed that paramedics had difficulty describing their feelings and they seemed to be externally oriented thinkers. Meanwhile, this affects a paramedics mental health greatly. A fact

This assignment aims to define the term, consent in the role of a paramedic. Consent means to provide approval for something to happen or an arrangement to do something. Consent is probably the most concept thing a paramedic should know because they sometimes have to make life and death decisions under great pressure. From the legal view, consent is also of essential meaning since many of our laws are formed with consent(Vince Clarke, 2008). Consent can be delivered in a numerous amounts of ways

Paramedics have to do extensive training in order to get awarded a licenses. Usually, the individual completes a two-year degree that consist of the paramedic curriculum, as well as other core competency courses such as anatomy and physiology. There are also 4-year degrees. The County Fire Department is one of the only departments that offers a hybrid course that takes 11 months to complete, allowing individuals to obtain an EMT-Intermittent licensee, which is a few clinical hours shy of a paramedic

everything I had in it, I stayed up late, and read everything twice not just for myself but for others too...” –Anonymous. Becoming a successful paramedic has always been my lifetime goal. Being a paramedic isn’t just to drive an ambulance with flashing lights, for me it’s about helping people in emergency and saving lives. The main reason I want to become a paramedic is because I want to make a difference. I want to impact someone’s life in a good way as it once did mine. When I was ten, I was in a really