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@DrEilidhMaria Dm me I’ve got one who is great with emergency service workers

@jasonkillens 111 needs to be cut from direct access to 999 services

Part 1: Ambulance sector cannot rely on current model to meet rising demand - Emergency Services Times emergencyservicestimes.com/2026/04/13/par…

@DorsetSpecials Do you have any specials that are police medics ?

Did you know Dorset Police has 100+ advanced medics? ⛑️ Special Constable S/Insp Emma recently helped train Public Order Medics for real scenarios—from simulated raves 🔈 to mock protests 🪧—practicing life-saving care under pressure. 🚔 #DorsetPolice #SpecialConstables

All cops are ******** As I was walking to catch a bus, sirens suddenly started coming from several directions. My attention was drawn to a lone police officer and two PCSOs fighting to save a man’s life. A passenger on a bus had gone into cardiac arrest and, without hesitation, they were on the floor administering CPR in a desperate attempt to bring him back. Within moments a trainee doctor joined them, and the fight to keep the man alive continued. A few minutes later — although it felt far longer — more officers arrived along with the first paramedic car. The man’s heart stopped more than once, but the effort never stopped. CPR continued, equipment arrived, and after a long battle at the scene the patient was finally prepared for transport to hospital in a critical condition, connected to everything possible to keep him alive. Medics later told the officer and PCSOs that without their immediate actions, the man would not even have made it to an ambulance. By pure chance they had been on a bus behind when they were alerted, and with no kit and no time to think, they went straight to work. Once relieved by paramedics and other officers arriving, the first officer went straight back to duty, protecting the scene and asking people to use an alternative route as the pavement had been closed. Having moments earlier been pumping a man’s chest trying to keep him alive, he then found himself dealing with the annoyance of members of the public unhappy at being told they could not walk through. It was a telling moment. I spoke briefly with the officer afterwards. He told me he has dealt with injured people before, and has been present at scenes involving the deceased, but this was the first time he had to perform CPR himself on the street. Those who have been in that position will know exactly how something like that stays with you long after the incident is over. For all the criticism aimed at police on social media, this is the side rarely seen — usually unreported — and forgotten with all the hate-officers going from routine patrol to life-and-death in seconds, doing everything they can to save someone they have never met, and carrying the weight of it afterwards. I do not know what the outcome will be for the patient, but one thing is certain — without that officer and those PCSOs, he would not have left that place alive. My thoughts are not only with the patient, and I hope he makes a recovery, but also with everyone who was there, especially the first officer on scene and the PCSOs. Today they made the difference. Sadly, I have stood at too many scenes where the fight ends differently. @CrimeLdn @obbsie @TomGaymor @Brick_Cop @metpoliceuk @MPSCroydon

@Mary_Tom11 @agemjourney So all non doctors are doctor substitutes ? Yes i agree it should be clear and concise to of whom a patient is seeing and of whom they are . And I don’t agree with non doctors doing a doctors rota etc but it seems you are toxic towards any non Dr

@justcronners @agemjourney It is not toxic to call out a patient safety issue. Patients deserve to know who is treating them and also that the person they are seeing is not medically qualified. It is their health you are gambling with.

For anyone who remembers this, I tried to get a GPs appt 3x for suspected gallstones, was fobbed off each time and given incorrect advice by a 'paramedic practioner'. I switched practices, got an appointment booked in, went this morning F2F...

@agemjourney @Mary_Tom11 Because there are ? And there has been for about 20 years ?

@justcronners @Mary_Tom11 Why are there paramedics working in GP surgeries seeing patients on their own lists then..

@Mary_Tom11 @agemjourney Yes there is guidance , can we just stop with the nonsense of dr substitute as it’s becoming really toxic. Yes I am a paramedic and no I am not a substitute for a Dr .

@justcronners @agemjourney Does this include when working as a dr substitute in GPs?

@Mary_Tom11 @agemjourney There is quite a bit of guidance / scope out there especially for paramedics .

@agemjourney No scope/standards of how non doctors work???

@Janeajnet @dave_dlt Yea taking those drs jobs !

@justcronners @dave_dlt I guess it is because so many paramedics are now working in GP and ED.

Interesting experience with a family member - cat 2 call ☎️, crew arrives. Associate Paramedic Practitioner was the badge, trainee with him. I’d assumed this was a paramedic doing extended training. How *wrong* I was! Embarrassing misunderstanding of clinical signs.

@dave_dlt Yea and too be honest not every job needs a paramedic , The technician role has been around for a long time and that’s how the role of the paramedic was made. Have a look at professor Douglas chamberlain and paramedic development in Brighton

@justcronners Thank you, doing ok. And I confess I hadn’t realised that there were ambulances with no paramedics on

@cannula_service But this chap and this service is a highly governed organisation and have a lot of top training and governance for both doctors and non doctors that work in the service

It also seems crazy that PHEM has become a dedicated subspeciality you need to train in formally in order to take on such roles as a doctor, with very limited training places on the one hand & on the other we're apparently letting non-doctors do this unsupervised. Square that 🤷

@MentalHealthCop Surely that is what the initial speaking to the 111 call to mh team to see if clinical advise should be taken to 136 the patient should be ? And or the assesment to be sectioned ? Surely this is just another assesment for an assessment ?

A MH trust has asked me a question and some of you may be better placed to help - Does anyone know of a 136 process where a non-s12 doctor "triages" all 136 detentions on arrival at the PoS ahead of the AMHP-led assessment? 1/

@DrHuw I totally appreciate that there are concerning tales of all types of healthcare professionals / non doctors. But let’s says that a paramedic working an an ambulance conveys every patient to a&e roughly an 40-50% increase in workload ,

@justcronners Fair point re: paramedics, although there have been concerning tales of paramedics with dubiously extended scopes of practice & absence of supervision within GP As for PAs, nope: unregulated, unregistered, under-qualified, under-trained & overconfident

Yes: Non-doctors being on medical rotas Unregistered PAs performing procedures with minimal experience or training Unregistered PAAs giving GAs unsupervised Paramedics/PAs seeing pts with minimal or no GP supervision Are all experimental & dangerous concepts

@DrNotAProxy @heli_med_james Think may be you should come do some work in the pre hospital arena ! And see how trained re hospital staff are !

@heli_med_james This will do nothing but harm patients. Non doctors don't have enough understanding to prescribe these potentially lethal drugs. And certainly don't have the expertise to help the patient when it all goes wrong

Just completed the consultation on extending medicines responsibilities for paramedics This would see several key medicines such as fent, midaz and magnesium being added to schedule 17. This has massive potential to improve care. Please complete!: gov.uk/government/con…

@heli_med_james All done but would really think ketamine would be amazing to be added aswell !

@HealthRegLawyer Honestly a civil case for harassment needs to be brought!

@justcronners Agreed

A new low from the HCPC @The_HCPC today....threatening a paramedic victim of sexual assault, who is signed off work due to mental ill-health, that they will take #FitnessToPractise action against them (the victim) if they do not act as a witness in the prosecution of the fellow registrant who assaulted them. WHO at the HCPC decided this would be appropriate?

@DrEilidhMaria You shouldn’t be taxed on an expense ? And why is it not at 45 p per mile ?