Jonathan Search

Yesterday was my last ever student shift with @MattBailey1717 Today I received my final mark and have passed my paramedic course. I have achieved what has been my biggest ambition in life. Thank you everyone who has helped me. I hope to do you all proud. #Paramedic #NQP

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@cliffreid @resuscitology Are there any plans for a UK course any time soon?

Getting an important point across at today’s ⁦@resuscitology⁩ course

I’m sure glad no geopolitical event is currently happening which ominously echoes what occurred in this film

Right, where are all my #paramedics at?! I had a wonderful #medtwitter community and I’ll be gutted if I lose you!

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I’ve just been asked a fabulous question by one of my best friends. Dark or gallows humour is a well known coping mechanism in first responders and the military. She’s asked when does dark humour become dangerous or a problem? And I’m not sure, thoughts?

@JessicaSpara +2 for prompt a VERY good course!

Prehospital colleagues - has anyone done specific maternity courses / training etc? If yes what have you done and would you recommend?

@Shorty_Med Intriguing…what sort of questions would you envisage asking?

Calling all #PHEM folks. I am in the process of revamping a trauma care module for university based student paramedics. What interesting trauma care resources have you got/can recommend? What do you wish you were taught/taught more about? Give me your suggestions! 🚑

Well this is suboptimal to say the least…🙃

Could instructors please stop teaching students that You can’t use an AED on a: Metal surface Foil blanket Wet floor It’s a common myth I have to debunk during training.

@heli_med_james @DuchenneUK @ManxBrowner We also do have a critical care skillset in the organisation which we really struggle to fill

@heli_med_james @DuchenneUK Could always look at St John Ambulance, especially in the South West!! We’re always looking for HCPs to join. Have a chat to @ManxBrowner next time you bump into him at NBOC 🤙🏻

Paramedics have valuable skill set. How do colleagues use these in a voluntary capacity? Photo & explanation: I provide medical support to cyclists on @DuchenneUK - “Duchenne Dash”. London to Paris in 24hrs. Excited to ride this year instead of being chauffeured around!

This is absolutely next level and amazing to see in the UK!!!!

@RachReloaded Well at least he didn’t bat it off the table afterwards 😂

@RachReloaded One would hope that Joffrey approved such a fine purchase?

@MedRescue @thatsaltypara

Looking for your next challenge? #paramedic #rescue

Ok so how has @metpoliceuk recruited 1465 Police Officers, but lost 1381 Police Officers in the last financial year? Let’s take a little deep dive and look into multiple contributing factors that have led us to this point…🤷🏼‍♂️ We’ll go back just over a decade to the year 2012. ⌚️ London is hosting the @Olympics 🇬🇧 In the build up The Met has deployed a team of Officers to escort the Olympic Torch safely around the country until it reaches the opening ceremony. It goes off without a hitch, in fact the only security issue for the Olympics is the company selected by The Government paid to provide security; @G4S have been a complete shambles and the military have to be brought in to supplement what is otherwise an excellent Policing plan. Police Officers numbers are so good, you can’t join The Met in 2011 or 2012 and you can only just become a Special Constable. The workforce is motivated as it has a big task ahead of it which everyone understands; protect the Olympic Games. We’re in a world prior to Social Media hysteria and whilst pay is still disputed, the Pension hasn’t been messed with. The Met Police’s the countries most iconic event in decades without incident and is proud of itself. But not for long. Change is coming. Somehow The Met owes the Government £450 Million, then Home Secretary Theresa May tells Policing nationally they are ‘Crying Wolf’ about Officer numbers and public safety and a short time later the pension is meddled with. The retention problem begins. Those on the old pension realise if they stay, they’re going to lose money - drastically, so they begin to leave in their droves. Leadership aren’t worried though, there is a huge back log of applications from before and during the Olympics. Numbers dip, but they’re bolstered quickly, however training isn’t what it used to be. Hendon has been sold, as are other ‘regional learning centres’. The training is sped up and delivered mostly on digital platforms - mandated by @CollegeofPolice 👀 Across London 2/3rds of Police Stations are shut, thousands of Police Staff; shift roster builders, case file builders, communications staff are all laid off, but their work still needs doing. So Police Officers step into the void. Taking more and more Police Officers off the streets. To save more money, instead of 32 Policing Boroughs, they are merged into 12 super boroughs or ‘Basic Command Units’. The trials for this are catastrophic, but it achieves the objective of saving money, so it carries on. Years of history and identity for those Policing London’s boroughs have been eradicated in the name of ‘efficiency’. Retention is terrible. Thousands more leave and those that are joining are not all vetted properly. Those who have stayed mostly leave Frontline Policing and move anywhere away from it that they can. The demand is ridiculous and stress off the scale. The only reprieve comes briefly in the days after Terror attacks, where the public remember what we do so admirably. Then a global pandemic hits. The Met must enforce garbled and complicated social distancing legislation that quite rightly inflames tensions with communities. During this period, one of our own, not vetted properly; Kidnaps, Rapes and Murders Sarah Everard. Every decent, hard working, Police Officer in The Met questions how the public will trust us again. Then Commissioner Ma’am Cressida Dick is bullied out of Office. Everything becomes a priority. The cost of living in London is a joke and Police Officers are overloaded with work to breaking point. @policeconduct too have taken it upon themselves to destroy faith in the disciplinary process. And we wonder why we have a retention crisis when we’ve just been told to save £450 Million all over again… #ThinBlueLine 🚨