The London Ambulance Service (LAS) is world’s largest free ambulance service covering an area of more than 600 square miles with a population of 7 million people. On any given day‚ LAS transported more than 5‚000 patients and handled more than 2‚000 telephone calls. LAS employed over 2‚700 people‚ including an operational staff of roughly 2‚000 people. (Cited http://bobpinchbeck.com/College/Work/Papers/DispatchingFailure.htm) In the mid-1980s‚ the LAS emergency despatch system was run completely
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INTRODUCTION: A. My career speech outline is on being a paramedic. The reason I chose being a nurse is because I think It would be a very fun and challenging job. I would always be moving around from place to place taking patients to and from the hospital. B. Being a paramedic is basically running to go try and save someone’s life. Some of the advantages being a paramedic is the satisfaction of being able to save someone’s life‚ you get to become someone’s hero‚ you can also make new friends and
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Becoming A Life Saver Everyone in the world needs help and saving sometimes‚ here are a few of the requirements it takes to become that person. These are just a few of the requirements to become a paramedic. First off one would have to take college classes to become a paramedic starting with general study classes. These classes include English course‚ Mathematic courses‚ Sociology and Phycology courses. Other classes you will have to take are Health and Science classes. A few example
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Paramedics work as independent and autonomous semi health care professionals within the Australian health care system‚ both within the rural and urban environments. Firstly with the ever evolving and expanding health care environment there has been a need to move from vocational training within ambulance centers to a university based undergraduate education system. Secondly‚ with the changing nature of a paramedics role and expectations from the community‚ paramedics are quickly being considered
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Assessment Task: Explore the statement - A Paramedic is a health care professional operating autonomously and independently within the Australian Health Care System. Intro: Paramedics have a complex identity within the Australian Health Care System. As the main provider of pre hospital care in todays’ society‚ paramedics have changed dramatically over the past 20 years‚ transitioning from ambulance drivers‚ to its current practitioner role. Although paramedics work alongside other emergency services
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Part B A major component of the care Paramedics provide is the assessment of a patient’s physical status‚ which is the ground for any further treatment. The assessment method that an Advanced Care Paramedic follows is a systematic assessment referred to as the Primary Survey. The aim of this fundamental assessment is to give an initial diagnosis of the patient as well as identifying any imminent threats to the patient. This assessment is used so that a Paramedic can decide how to treat the patient
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Running head: FUEL COSTS EFFECTING EMS How Rising Fuel Cost Effect EMS Agencies Eric Hatcher EMS 280 6 May 08 How Rising Fuel Cost Effect EMS Agencies As the prices of fuel increase nationwide‚ it isn’t only the local residents that feel the pinch of higher fuel prices. Those responsible for fueling ambulances‚ fire engines‚ and police cars are also battling the soaring transportation costs. Granted‚ this
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The entire novel takes the span of one Saturday afternoon‚ from 5:05 PM until 12:48 AM the following day‚ approximately eight hours. Through Cooney‚ we are able to enter the minds of the major characters in the beginning of the novel - from the rescuers to those boarding the plane that will eventually crash. We learn a great deal about them‚ such as their personality‚ behavior and character. Heidi is a sixteen year old girl‚ who resides in the Dove House mansion. This is the site of the plane crash
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In 1992‚ London Ambulance Service Computer Aided Dispatch (LASCAD) system failed to dispatch ambulances and this failure resulted in 20-30 people’s death. The main reason for system failure was due to the failure in the business environment. The LAS is the largest ambulance services in the world and the demand for emergency services has progressively increased with annual growth rate of 16 per cent over the years. When there was unusual number of emergency calls on the night of 26 October‚ the system
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