Be afraid...be very afraid.....

Nice one Pete, hope it goes well for you. You've got the mechanical
background after all, just get your heart around the subtle differences
between using a defibrilator and using jump leads on your bike and
Bob's your uncle.

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"Nice boy, but about as sharp as a sack of wet mice." Foghorn Leghorn.

 

Cool. Do you get special training in going "tut,tut. People shouldn't be
allowed to ride these bloody death traps"?

 

Heh

"CLEAR!!"

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rumblerumblerumblerumble

"Hey, she's back with us!"

"Petel, that's your Buell. The patient is over *there*...."

 

Heh

"CLEAR!!"

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Remember Mr. Bean defribillating the guy at the bus stop, using jump
leads from the lamp post?

 

Petel says...

Oh shit.

I used to work for MRAS (Mersey Regional Ambulance Service), there are
Technicians and Paramedics that have a list of people they don't want to
assist should they be involved in an accident..

But, good luck to you, I hope you achieve your goal. I've been meaning
to do the hands-on bit for the MRAS for a couple of years now but one
thing and another has stopped me.

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Ben says...

Doesn't mean he'll be on a bike, depends on the service he joins and
there are not many that utilise bikes. MRAS tried it for a couple of
years (before Trust status) and decided it was uneconomical, believe it
or not.

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Petel says...

Oddly enough, missing limbs and stuff wouldn't bother me. I don't like
it when people are being sick though, I seem to come over all funny and
have to join them..yuck.

MRAS have a Paramedic on every EPS vehicle, backed up with an Ambulance
Technician, if the Trust you are joining does a similar thing you could
well be doing that anyway before you achieve Paramedic status.

Good luck Petel, it will require a lot of study to pass the test but it
will be worth it.

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Nidge says...

Depends on the Trust. MRAS have two specific areas, EPS and PTS,
Emergency Paramedic Status and Private Transport Status. If you join
MRAS as a Technician you are teamed up with a Paramedic on the EPS
vehicles, there is no involvement in looking after grannies taking them
somewhere for treatment as that is covered by the PTS group.

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Pip says...

No, limited availability on that front. And everything that they are
allowd to administer is counted in and out.

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Petel says...

**** the St John Ambulance one right off, it *does not* cover what you
need to know. I would suggest getting in touch with the Trust concerned
and asking them what they suggest you read. Also, did they not provide
you with a package of material prior to the first stage anyway?

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Good luck!

And giving advice about how to put it back together?