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Alex Allan

@Alexall12

PRU paramedic with the Scottish Ambulance Service. All opinions my own.

 Scotland, United Kingdom
Joined November 2014
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@traumadoctors7 Nov 2025
The AAST Leadership Academy develops and supports leaders in trauma and acute care surgery through education, mentorship, and community. This unique program blends self-paced online modules with an in-person leadership event. 📅 Applications open now through Dec 5. aast.org/professional-develo…
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Over 600 high school students have so far been trained in vital lifesaving skills as part of our groundbreaking pilot training programme, Young Minds Save Lives, which uses innovative technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and educational escape rooms. Find out more from the video. 🚑💚
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In celebration of #BHM2020, the Scottish Ambulance Service is exploring the #AtoZ of Black History. We must nurture an #Anti-racist culture across SAS. It's important we call out racism in all forms and to challenge racist behaviour wherever we encounter it or made aware of it.
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Have you registered for the next #TRAUMACARE2020 webinar on 19th February? The webinar will cover How to Manage "Minor" Head Injury, presented by @LeechCaroline and will start at 8pm. Book Now - bit.ly/2GfSQmK @TCUK_AndrewO @keithporter999 #Trauma #HeadInjury
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WCRR@WestCorkRR21 Jan 2020
“When trauma patients in Scotland are treated in the prehospital environment by paramedics assisted by a critical care team, versus paramedics providing sole care, patients have a higher chance of survival at 30 days following hospital admission.” emj.bmj.com/content/early/20…
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🔔 TWITTER GIVEAWAY 🔔 #MondayMotivation We have 20 packs of #JRCALC CPD Study Cards in the office to giveaway! Simply LIKE & RT for your chance to win a pack. The competition ends on Wednesday and lucky followers will be chosen at random. for T&Cs Visit classprofessional.co.uk/arti…
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Cranberry to prevent urinary tract infection? Time to move on @JAMA_current editorial by Lindsay Nicolle #IDWeek2016 ja.ma/2eeZzOe – at New Orleans, LA
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Where do you apply your electrodes? Study looking at upper arm and abdomen positioning #ECGChat #FOAMed #FOAMems openheartbeta.bmj.com/conten…
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Do you think paramedics ought to administer prehospital antibiotics in sepsis cases? jems.com/articles/print/volu…
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Put CPR on your Christmas list! @StAFirstAid are teaching CPR @StEnochCentre Glasgow 9th Oct 10 - 6. Please RT to help us tell Glasgow!
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If you teach at a UK secondary school you can apply for a free @TheBHF CPR training kit bit.ly/2dwsYE5
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Articles of the Month (March 2016) | First10EM first10em.com/2016/03/28/art…
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Continuous Chest Compressions vs. 30:2 – Does It Matter? Depends On the Quality! bit.ly/1RqjTZi #CPR #EMS
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All my slide sets from 13 years at Temple now donloadable from dropbox.com/sh/lbeoxduxl8atw…. Many will need to be updated. Please share.
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Pre alerting #stroke emj.bmj.com/content/early/20… @jamessheppard48 @RichardJMcManus @NIHR_DC
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Please RT this to enable a sports club to potentailly win a free AED to save a life! xitter.gq/WelshAmbPIH/status/699…
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Please RT & encourage football clubs #Wales to enter our #lifesaving competition #winadefib for your club #Defibuary
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68 yom CC: Weakness: treat pt AND the monitor! @BrooksWalsh #FOAMed #FOAMems #FOANed #MedEd ems12lead.com/2014/09/28/68-…
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Conclusions from AVOID study #pacpd
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EMS1@EMS130 Jun 2015
When time is of the essence: Recognizing and treating anaphylaxis bit.ly/1GyfCh5
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Heads-Up CPR: Can Elevating the Patient’s Head Improve Outcomes? ow.ly/Om99o
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