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Africa Paramedic 🇮🇪

@markturner30

Remote Area and Offshore Paramedic. Wings, Wheels & Water. Español, English, Gaelge. Specialist Paramedic Primary Care NHS

 Southampton UK & Donegal EIRE
Joined September 2011
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The Irish at War@irelandbattles27 Jul 2025
#OnThisDay 1938 Tom Crean passed away. He joined the Royal Navy at 16 & volunteered for his first Antarctic exploration in 1901. Crean raced with Scott to reach the South Pole & was on Shackleton's ship which sank & saw him sail 800 miles to organise a rescue. #Ireland #History
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Air Ambulances UK@AirAmbulancesUK4 Mar 2025
Air ambulance crews frequently attend horse riding incidents. Great Western Air Ambulance Charity (@GWAAC) shares these top tips for staying safe when an air ambulance lands near horses: (1/2) #AirAmbulancesUK #GWAAC #AirAmbulance #HorseRiding #EquestrianSafety #PatientCare
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Adam Aston 🌹🚑@cllr_aston4 Mar 2025
British Paramedicine is 54 years old today. 🎂 This is Professor Douglas Chamberlain CBE, KSG, OStJ Cardiologst and father of Paramedicine who created the role of Paramedic in the UK and Europe. 6 Ambulance Men from Brighton Ambulance Station were chosen to undergo pioneering extended cardiac and emergency training at the Royal Sussex County Hospital, they began treating patients on 4th March 1971. The Paramedic was born. 💚 @OFFICIALWMAS @AACE_org @ParamedicsUK
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EoL care & Paramedics bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5ye…
End-of-life care challenging for paramedics, says Southampton Uni study

End-of-life care challenging for paramedics, says Southampton Uni study

A study has revealed that end-of-life care demand is challenging for paramedics and that more needs to be done to ease pressure.

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Patients will suffer unless bed capacity increases - Dr via @RTENews rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/021…

Patients will suffer without increased bed capacity, Dr

One of the country's leading emergency medicine consultants has warned that patients will continue to suffer waiting on trolleys for an acute bed unless the capacity issue in our hospitals is...

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Billy Kelleher MEP
@BillyKelleherEU21 Jan 2025
I’ve decided to rename the North Atlantic Ocean.
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Hans van Schuppen@HansvanSchuppen20 Jan 2025
The Netherlands now has nationwide availability of prehospital ECPR! From today, our #HEMS team of Amsterdam is equipped with #ECMO as part of the OnScene trial. Now all Dutch HEMS can provide ECPR. 🚁🇳🇱 More info on onscenetrial.com And check out youtu.be/3hCBeQ6FsSM?si=g6bc…
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Medical response charity received highest number of calls from Donegal - Donegal Daily donegaldaily.com/2025/01/22/…
Medical response charity received highest number of calls from Donegal - Donegal Daily

Medical response charity received highest number of calls from Donegal - Donegal Daily

The emergency medical response charity, CRITICAL, has revealed the highest number of calls received last year were from Donegal.CRITICAL is Ireland’s leading Vo...

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Welsh Ambulance Service declares critical incident bbc.com/news/articles/c62z14…
Welsh Ambulance Service declares critical incident

Welsh Ambulance Service declares critical incident

More than 340 calls were waiting to be answered when the critical incident was declared.

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How London Ambulance Service is preparing for its busiest night of the year

How London Ambulance Service is preparing for its busiest night of the year

Our health correspondent Ashish Joshi visits a call centre in the centre of the capital ahead of what will be likely the ambulance service's busiest night this year, on New Year's Eve.

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Wayne Gavic🏁@GavicWayne24 Dec 2024
Replying to @pinstripedline
Been that way for a very long time.
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Hertfordshire university to offer paramedic masters degree

Hertfordshire university to offer paramedic masters degree

The two-year paramedic science masters degree will begin in January.

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JB@JBPara99921 Dec 2024
Couple of DMs re: my job role recently. In YAS we follow the @ParamedicsUK career framework. We have Specialist Paramedics in Critical Care, it takes 2 years of supervision, training and education to qualify, they respond to some of our more complex and highest acuity calls 1/2.
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Deal reached for new Govt jet at cost of more than €50m via @RTENews rte.ie/news/2024/1218/148726…
Deal reached for new Govt jet at cost of more than €50m

Deal reached for new Govt jet at cost of more than €50m

The Department of Defence has signed a deal to buy a new long-range Government jet, with an expected delivery date of December 2025. It is buying a French-made Falcon 6X at a cost of around €53m plus...

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First medically supervised injection facility to open via @RTENews rte.ie/news/2024/1217/148687…
First medically supervised injection facility to open

First medically supervised injection facility to open

Ireland's first medically supervised injection facility is due to open its doors this month at Merchant Quay Ireland's Riverbank centre in Dublin city centre.

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@DrPharmDMDTh29 Nov 2024
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Mike Abernethy 🇺🇸
@FLTDOC127 Nov 2024
.@UWHealth did a very nice piece about my adventures of last November
UW Health (@UWHealth) profile pictureUW Health@UWHealth27 Nov 2024
After 30+ years transporting patients with @UWMedFlight, Dr. Mike Abernethy became a patient when diagnosed with cardiac disease. Trusting the team he works with daily, he received life-saving treatment and 9 weeks later he was back to work and running again.
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'This will save lives' - Ireland's first supervised drug injection centre to open this December (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/6550087
'This will save lives' - Ireland's first supervised drug injection centre to open this December

'This will save lives' - Ireland's first supervised drug injection centre to open this December

Merchants Quay Ireland said the facility will host medical staff who can “intervene when overdoses happen”.

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Royal College of Emergency Medicine@RCollEM1 Nov 2024
🚨 NEW #SafetyFlash 🚨 🔗 Handlebar Injuries in Children (💾 Save and ⬇️ Download): tinyurl.com/rcemHandlebar 🔗 All RCEM Safety Flashes: tinyurl.com/SFRCEM 🔗 (QR Code) Isolated Blunt Abdominal Trauma in Children who are Haemodynamically Stable – Advice to Support the Associated RCEM Safety Flash: tinyurl.com/rcemQRHandlebar #MedTwitter #EmergencyMedicine #patientsafety
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Mike Abernethy 🇺🇸
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Also applicable to how much kit you carry on a prehospital run...
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