well this is a great video, my classes mates told me to come check out the videos on you tube, i am a student here in nova scotia to become a paramedic, and i got to tell you it is inspiring to hear your perspectives and to get to see it from another country.. wishing you all the best... jackie : )
Hi Thecarotidpulse, thank you very much for your comment. I have actually made this video as part of a University course. I am not a paramedic but went onto a couple of shifts with the above gentlemen. I also have great respect for the job that these people do 9and it is very true what you say, most people are actually old people or people that want to be cared about in any way, however, still an amazing job. This is why I made this short documentary. Best, prittlelincess
Your ability to be able to implement and undertake clinical intervention is your coping mechanism for a stressful situation. You have the knowledge, skills and attitude to help someone in crisis. After the case, you will have time to reflect on your clinical management of the patient and build on the positives and negatives that flow from that. After 30 years as a career paramedic, I still don't find the job 'stressful'. Good luck for the future, you will make a fine paramedic.
I love this video. Great job! I work as a first aid attendant and I respect the hard work they do. I'm going into paramedic training soon as well but it's not about me lol. Again, great video!
Great video and excellent music chosen for it! It's good to see the daily life sort of of a paramedic, to really understand what you do. :) I am a student in college interested in studying to be a paramedic.
@ikeashiasanders29 I'm a Medical Orderly in Singapore, been serving with the ambulance here with the SCDF for nearly two years already. First time I've had a call like that was pretty scary, but it wasn't so much as seeing the person in front of you pass away, it's more of the people that they leave behind. I remember we had a fire fighter trainee follow us for a night and we had a cardiac arrest case and he couldn't sleep for the rest of the night because he saw the wife crying.
@ikeashiasanders29 Thank you for your comment. I am afraid I won't be able to help you as I am only the filmmaker here. The wonderful man Tony who I worked with for the above video, however, told me that he did need to build up some sort of a distance to major incidents. The NHS also offers psycological support to staff to help them cope better. Nevertheless, it can be hard at times not to let it get to you - and this is what makes us human, I guess. Good luck.
Courses to take to become a paramedic: First responder (may be optional where you live), then EMT school (one semester). Work as an EMT for one year in the prehospital setting (ambulance) and then apply and go to Paramedic school (one year...very hard). Good luck!
Cool video, unfortunately typical of the jobs we get nowadays (Stabbings/ shootings). I've been an EMT with London Ambulance Service for 4+ years and I'm currently doing my paramedic course (2 weeks left!). It's pretty hard going & very intense at times but it'll definately be worth it! The LAS are no longer recruiting EMT's and the only way in to frontline A&E is to do the student paramedic or degree courses. Good luck to anyone who wants to give it a go, It's definately the best job ever!!
thanks for a great video! i am a paramedic from South Africa, interesting to see you guys use response cars,thought South Africa was the only country to use a two tiered system with paramedics on response cars, and ambulances manned by EMT's (except here, we dont have Paramedic ambo's, Paramedics only work on response cars, barring the rare ICU transfer vehicle.) What was the presenting rythm of the stabbed chest patient on scene? if it was asystole, why didn't they declare him dead on scene?
@m2inla First I am from Oklahoma now I am from a trailer park. Which is it? I actually lived in a town without cops. The cops that patrolled the area were from another town.
@m2inla I grew up in some rough areas but I never seen or heard what you are talking about. All EMTs I know personally and the ones I have seen in action have gone and immediately helped someone.
@Prittlelincess I can tell you, being a medic myself, your head is in a different state of mind on a majority of the emergencies you do respond to. Ofcourse certain calls do effect you but make sure you do talk about them with others and they will not give the same effect. For example, respond to a car accident you are worried about the equipment and what you will need to help this person, not so much their situation, only their condition and needs.
I wish that the United States adopted a model like the UK has with their EMS systems. In the US, EMS is a failing system marked by low standards, little organization, and crippling politics. It is a system where profit and money-making is put before the patient. There are areas that take pre-hospital care seriously, but this is the exception not the rule.
@antmeup the best thing you can do is join st johns or the red cross for experience which is as important as the qualifications you will get. I did an Access to HE diploma but I think you have to be 18 to do that. You can do A levels in something like health and social care and biology and I've heard they are now doing apprenticeship in care if you are 16-18. Try and get a part time job in a caring environment which may be hard at 16? and try and do as many placements as you can!
@antmeup Dear Antonia, unfortunately I am only the Producer/Director of this video and not a paramedic myself. I suggest you specifically ask some of the people on this comment page as there seem to be a lot of experienced professionals commenting on this. Good luck.
@ikeashiasanders29 Im a paramedic. the job "de-sensitizes" someone. ive had calls that i dont share with anyone, but a co worker, because i dont want them to know how jaded i've become and dont want them to think ive become apathetic towards human life- but its a "coping" skill that comes with the job. in my city, 80-90% of the calls are for people who dont need ambulances. to answer your question, if you become a paramedic, you cant internalize the calls you get. Just do your job.
I'm doing Clinical Practice (Paramedic) at uni in Australia, but I plan on working in the UK once I'm done. Does anyone have any tips/advice/thoughts on this that they'd care to share? Thanks :)
i watched thisa im 16 and want to become a paremedic for the same reasons as you :) im not so sure what courses i need to so but ive applyed for stroud college to do lvl 3 uniformed services ( public surfecs) which is for 2 years but im doing first ad cose at st johns lol do you have any advice on what i need to do to become a paremedic :) thanks antonia
Because due to simple diffusion and osmosis, you can not simply introduce a 100% solute concentration to a patient's blood vessel. Well, you could, but you would do much more harm than good.
hi im 15 and live in canada and want to become a paramedic. i have started to read first aid books and was wondering what courses do i need to take?? any help would be great thanks
Big HEY to paramedics all over the world. i'm 22 working as a paramedic my first year. im very interested in your equipment and stuff that you are working with. is there any way to contact with some of you? greeting from Lithuania! if You are interested in friendly chat or just exchange of information, im waiting for PM's
It's videos like these that recruit the wrong people into paramedicine. Yes, we do attend to calls for stabbings and other serious injuries/medical conditions, but you do a lot more calls for minor problems that have a flavour of social work to them. I love what I do, but if people expect to become a paramedic just so they can do stabbing calls all day, they are in for a big surprise. :-)
@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY when someone is having chest pain in their house? no on the scene of a shooting? i suppose i can go in there first and leave in a body bag, because the shooter wants to finish the job and wants to make sure he is dead by keeping me from treating him. wow, did you grow up in mayberry with aunt bee? the streets are a tough place, hoss- believe me.
@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY i regularly work in areas that would make you shit your pants out of fear. believe it or not there are are urban areas in the usa that are more dangerous than Lincoln, Nebraska, or whatever your hood is, Opie.
Due to simply diffusion, osmosis, and other extremely biological functions, you cannot simply introduce a 100% solute concentration to a patients vascular system. The meds would not enter the patients body. Most meds must be diluted, HEAVILY diluted in saline/bi-carb.
@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY wow, thats big time. you live in a town without cops and you hate cops? id be scared to go onto your neighborhood, except, i already live and work in a city that has more than 400 shootings, per year, on average. and i still think our police departmant is outstanding.
5 mg is 1/8th of 40, 1/8th of 100 is 12.5. ;) This isn't hard math. Paramedics don't need to integrate or do multivariable calculus to save lives. Don't scare away people who are bad at maths!
i dont believe you grew up in a "rough" area for one second... i also think your anecdotal cases of paramedics running into a violent scene to rush to a patient means you watch too much tv. because in real life, we dont want to get murdered while doing our job. a paramedic running to every violent scene may seem like a reasonable outcome for someone from nebraska who is a fan of rambo movies and think the good guys win every time, but its not my reality. it might work for you in mayberry
you are about to make the biggest mistake of your life, trust me i work in this shitty job, dont do it pal get a real job as the degree is not worth nothing!!you have been warned
5 mg is 1/8th of 40, 1/8th of 100 is 12.5. ;) This isn't hard math. Paramedics don't need to integrate or do multivariable calculus to save lives. Don't scare away people who are bad at maths!
well this is a great video, my classes mates told me to come check out the videos on you tube, i am a student here in nova scotia to become a paramedic, and i got to tell you it is inspiring to hear your perspectives and to get to see it from another country..
wishing you all the best... jackie : )
Hi Thecarotidpulse,
thank you very much for your comment. I have actually made this video as part of a University course. I am not a paramedic but went onto a couple of shifts with the above gentlemen. I also have great respect for the job that these people do 9and it is very true what you say, most people are actually old people or people that want to be cared about in any way, however, still an amazing job. This is why I made this short documentary. Best, prittlelincess
EMTs are true angels and guardians of the street. God bless everyone of them
Your ability to be able to implement and undertake clinical intervention is your coping mechanism for a stressful situation. You have the knowledge, skills and attitude to help someone in crisis. After the case, you will have time to reflect on your clinical management of the patient and build on the positives and negatives that flow from that. After 30 years as a career paramedic, I still don't find the job 'stressful'. Good luck for the future, you will make a fine paramedic.
Thank you very much. At the moment I don't have too much time. You chose a great fulfilling job. Way to go.
I love this video. Great job! I work as a first aid attendant and I respect the hard work they do. I'm going into paramedic training soon as well but it's not about me lol. Again, great video!
Thank you.
Respect for all the hard work.
Excelent video. Fast response units should a standard for pre-hospital health care.
Hope you are proud of your job.
Great video and excellent music chosen for it! It's good to see the daily life sort of of a paramedic, to really understand what you do. :) I am a student in college interested in studying to be a paramedic.
I have been an urban paramedic in the states 15 years. loved the video, Would love to do a ride along. Be safe out there
Great Video thanks very much, very helpfull! i'm waiting for my application to the LAS to come back to me! fingers crossed as job looks amazing!
according to youtube this will be the first comment posted on this video in 5 years, its currently the 20th March 2021 and yeah. Great video btw!
Well, claudi...a little more exciting, my dear ;))) woaaaaaahhhhhhh
thanks for uploading this its excellent! given me a future in site into a possible career!
Thank you very much :)......this is serious stuff...you need to be well hard to do that. Respect. Honestly!
Good video, hardest thing is getting to that stage to be a competent Paramedic.
@ikeashiasanders29
I'm a Medical Orderly in Singapore, been serving with the ambulance here with the SCDF for nearly two years already. First time I've had a call like that was pretty scary, but it wasn't so much as seeing the person in front of you pass away, it's more of the people that they leave behind. I remember we had a fire fighter trainee follow us for a night and we had a cardiac arrest case and he couldn't sleep for the rest of the night because he saw the wife crying.
@ikeashiasanders29
Thank you for your comment. I am afraid I won't be able to help you as I am only the filmmaker here. The wonderful man Tony who I worked with for the above video, however, told me that he did need to build up some sort of a distance to major incidents. The NHS also offers psycological support to staff to help them cope better. Nevertheless, it can be hard at times not to let it get to you - and this is what makes us human, I guess. Good luck.
thanks for this video, real life.
Courses to take to become a paramedic: First responder (may be optional where you live), then EMT school (one semester). Work as an EMT for one year in the prehospital setting (ambulance) and then apply and go to Paramedic school (one year...very hard). Good luck!
Cool video, unfortunately typical of the jobs we get nowadays (Stabbings/ shootings). I've been an EMT with London Ambulance Service for 4+ years and I'm currently doing my paramedic course (2 weeks left!). It's pretty hard going & very intense at times but it'll definately be worth it! The LAS are no longer recruiting EMT's and the only way in to frontline A&E is to do the student paramedic or degree courses. Good luck to anyone who wants to give it a go, It's definately the best job ever!!
thanks for a great video! i am a paramedic from South Africa, interesting to see you guys use response cars,thought South Africa was the only country to use a two tiered system with paramedics on response cars, and ambulances manned by EMT's (except here, we dont have Paramedic ambo's, Paramedics only work on response cars, barring the rare ICU transfer vehicle.)
What was the presenting rythm of the stabbed chest patient on scene? if it was asystole, why didn't they declare him dead on scene?
@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY you changed my mind, you are my new personal hero!!!!
very useful video, very interesting, thanks
More of these!
@m2inla First I am from Oklahoma now I am from a trailer park. Which is it? I actually lived in a town without cops. The cops that patrolled the area were from another town.
@m2inla I grew up in some rough areas but I never seen or heard what you are talking about. All EMTs I know personally and the ones I have seen in action have gone and immediately helped someone.
Good thing these comments reply to the ones I wanted to reply to.
Roll on code 3 my brother, good job!
@Prittlelincess I can tell you, being a medic myself, your head is in a different state of mind on a majority of the emergencies you do respond to. Ofcourse certain calls do effect you but make sure you do talk about them with others and they will not give the same effect.
For example, respond to a car accident you are worried about the equipment and what you will need to help this person, not so much their situation, only their condition and needs.
I wish that the United States adopted a model like the UK has with their EMS systems. In the US, EMS is a failing system marked by low standards, little organization, and crippling politics. It is a system where profit and money-making is put before the patient. There are areas that take pre-hospital care seriously, but this is the exception not the rule.
That beat tho at the beginning
i now SO wanna be a paremedic when i leave school!!!
if you dont get gsce grades at c then do a uniformed public services course will help loads.
Hi in Poland. SUPER :)
Cool job man!
@antmeup the best thing you can do is join st johns or the red cross for experience which is as important as the qualifications you will get. I did an Access to HE diploma but I think you have to be 18 to do that. You can do A levels in something like health and social care and biology and I've heard they are now doing apprenticeship in care if you are 16-18. Try and get a part time job in a caring environment which may be hard at 16? and try and do as many placements as you can!
Yes, he did.
left handed? driving on the right side? what kind of crazy universe does this guy live in!?!
@antmeup
Dear Antonia,
unfortunately I am only the Producer/Director of this video and not a paramedic myself. I suggest you specifically ask some of the people on this comment page as there seem to be a lot of experienced professionals commenting on this. Good luck.
@ikeashiasanders29 Im a paramedic. the job "de-sensitizes" someone. ive had calls that i dont share with anyone, but a co worker, because i dont want them to know how jaded i've become and dont want them to think ive become apathetic towards human life- but its a "coping" skill that comes with the job.
in my city, 80-90% of the calls are for people who dont need ambulances.
to answer your question, if you become a paramedic, you cant internalize the calls you get. Just do your job.
Agreed.
I'm doing Clinical Practice (Paramedic) at uni in Australia, but I plan on working in the UK once I'm done. Does anyone have any tips/advice/thoughts on this that they'd care to share? Thanks :)
did you ever go to the UK?
i watched thisa im 16 and want to become a paremedic for the same reasons as you :) im not so sure what courses i need to so but ive applyed for stroud college to do lvl 3 uniformed services ( public surfecs) which is for 2 years but im doing first ad cose at st johns lol do you have any advice on what i need to do to become a paremedic :) thanks antonia
mmmh..it sounds strange..how could it be only a person in the emergency car?
to do this job did you have to do a paramedical science degree? if not what was the training like?
can some one explaine to me a normal 8 hour day of paramedics ( in word) need for school project????
@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY then ask all of the paramedics you know what a code 4 is and why they might want one before entering a known violent scene.
Because due to simple diffusion and osmosis, you can not simply introduce a 100% solute concentration to a patient's blood vessel. Well, you could, but you would do much more harm than good.
hi im 15 and live in canada and want to become a paramedic. i have started to read first aid books and was wondering what courses do i need to take?? any help would be great thanks
Big HEY to paramedics all over the world. i'm 22 working as a paramedic my first year. im very interested in your equipment and stuff that you are working with. is there any way to contact with some of you? greeting from Lithuania! if You are interested in friendly chat or just exchange of information, im waiting for PM's
.... Who is that stunning lady at 4:07?
It's videos like these that recruit the wrong people into paramedicine. Yes, we do attend to calls for stabbings and other serious injuries/medical conditions, but you do a lot more calls for minor problems that have a flavour of social work to them. I love what I do, but if people expect to become a paramedic just so they can do stabbing calls all day, they are in for a big surprise. :-)
@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY when someone is having chest pain in their house? no
on the scene of a shooting? i suppose i can go in there first and leave in a body bag, because the shooter wants to finish the job and wants to make sure he is dead by keeping me from treating him.
wow, did you grow up in mayberry with aunt bee? the streets are a tough place, hoss- believe me.
Great Video. I like your drug bag
He he, thankssssssssssssssss :)
@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY i regularly work in areas that would make you shit your pants out of fear.
believe it or not there are are urban areas in the usa that are more dangerous than Lincoln, Nebraska, or whatever your hood is, Opie.
Is this guy working alone ?
Due to simply diffusion, osmosis, and other extremely biological functions, you cannot simply introduce a 100% solute concentration to a patients vascular system. The meds would not enter the patients body. Most meds must be diluted, HEAVILY diluted in saline/bi-carb.
@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY wow, thats big time. you live in a town without cops and you hate cops?
id be scared to go onto your neighborhood, except, i already live and work in a city that has more than 400 shootings, per year, on average. and i still think our police departmant is outstanding.
your trailer park would not be safe if there were no law enforcement in your county, opie
Extra hands, specialy for ALS calls.
Paramedic science at Uni mate :)
5 mg is 1/8th of 40, 1/8th of 100 is 12.5. ;)
This isn't hard math. Paramedics don't need to integrate or do multivariable calculus to save lives. Don't scare away people who are bad at maths!
i dont believe you grew up in a "rough" area for one second...
i also think your anecdotal cases of paramedics running into a violent scene to rush to a patient means you watch too much tv.
because in real life, we dont want to get murdered while doing our job.
a paramedic running to every violent scene may seem like a reasonable outcome for someone from nebraska who is a fan of rambo movies and think the good guys win every time, but its not my reality. it might work for you in mayberry
Bass and drums really? lol
dont be silly a big mistake if you do!!
wow dead you would be dead or robbed of house and home ith out the police
you are about to make the biggest mistake of your life, trust me i work in this shitty job, dont do it pal get a real job as the degree is not worth nothing!!you have been warned
5 mg is 1/8th of 40, 1/8th of 100 is 12.5. ;)
This isn't hard math. Paramedics don't need to integrate or do multivariable calculus to save lives. Don't scare away people who are bad at maths!