AlfaMed- Specialist Emergency Care and Training

Exciting things are happening at AlfaMed. 😃We are #Recruiting experienced #Paramedics for ad hoc event work in the #Midlands and further afield. Apply online at alfamedsect.co.uk/work-for-alfam…

@uk_pax @emergencyukshow Oooooooooo bags. Ive never had experience of your bags but they look fantastic. Price though is a huge barrier for a small company like mine. One day

Great first day ⁦@emergencyukshow⁩ today - thanks to all who stopped by. Meeting old friends & new along with many interesting kit discussions. See you tomorrow for chapter 2. 👍 #ess #emergency #equipment

@Red2Medical @Shorty_Med @DaveParaACCP

Out and about with my @SPServicesUK travel mug once again. Being bright yellow its hard to lose but it is easy to fill with used cannulas and sharps by accident

@DocBike_Staffs all set up ready for two days at @StaffsShow. Please come and say hello 🧡🏍💨

@NCBFestival Great to have been part of this event. This is how events should be run

WOW! What a weekend! The #NCBF21 after movie is now Live! Can you spot yourself in there? 🍻🍺🍻

Thank you to @NCBFestival for having us as your medical provider. I know the team thoroughly enjoyed the event even though they werent able to partake in beer. Over the moon that youd like us to support in 2022 as well!! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

our paramedic led medical support team will be working with @NCBFestival. <2 wks to go. #cantwait

I hopefully did justice to the events medical sector. Was great to take part in this

2 of our advanced #paramedics spent the weekend in #york supporting @uktri (and eating cookies). #yorkshireday2021 #YorkshireDay @MySportPhotosUK @ASICSUK @MornflakeCereal @HIGH5Nutrition @Zone3official @BritishTri @CravenFitness

What a fantastic picture

@MarcusYalman @gregwhitley7 @toby_MCC99 No i realise you didnt mean I.N but i wondered if it was a viable route to morphine sulph but as you say other drugs bettter suited to I.N route

@MarcusYalman @gregwhitley7 @toby_MCC99 I wonder if intranasal morphine sulphate is a thing **googles…… seemingly not. Bogo MS seems to have v poor bioavailability even compared to oramorph.

@srtcd424 @itsmyamygdala @madmouse42 @Ben_Roberts24 Im not suprised you feel so strongly.

@srtcd424 @itsmyamygdala @madmouse42 @Ben_Roberts24 Im sure. The problem i think is that health professionals often have no/ little training in neurodiversity and how this can affect a patients experience of illness and injury

@srtcd424 @itsmyamygdala @madmouse42 @Ben_Roberts24 If id never met you before that would be very difficult for me so i would assess each case individually. But if you were with people that know you, they may be able to alert me to a change. I accept that we will sometimes get it wrong for which i am truly sorry

@yanoula1 @Ben_Roberts24 Yes they can but its more challenging for health professionals to interpret their pain experience

@AlfaMedSECT @Ben_Roberts24 So autistic folk can't even hope for a proper assessment then? 😟

@itsmyamygdala @madmouse42 @Ben_Roberts24 They dont you are right, however behaviour changes are often evident when unwell or in pain. Conversly may demonstrate disproportionate response to pain

@madmouse42 @Ben_Roberts24 But even chronic pain will reflect in mobility, performance etc. Of course You dont have to be screaming though to be in pain. This thread i think is more in reference to acute pain problems though

@AlfaMedSECT @Ben_Roberts24 except for those with chronic pain who don't have the same "obvious signs" because spending the whole day screaming isn't practical to life. I am fed up with people telling me "you dont look in pain" when the reality is, I'm just flipping good at masking.

@gregwhitley7 @toby_MCC99 This has huge potential to drive change. Paramedics need access to a fast acting non parenteral analgesia because no paramedic wants to stick a child. So we are left with either entonox (most kids too small/ distressed to use) or oramorph (a largely pointless ‘emergency drug’)