General BroadCAST

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are an extremely common presentation to both primary and secondary care services. The term UTI encompasses a wide range of clinical conditions so we need to be confident in assessing and diagnosing them. This month we look at UTIs!

This month we're tackling Failure: the difficult decisions, the awkward conversations but also the improvement and learning that can come out of it.

Becoming a mentor can be a bit of a mixed bag. Some trusts may insist their mentors sit a module on the topic at level 6 or higher, where as others may not even require them to have passed their NQP stage. Thats why this month we’re examining mentorship, we’re looking at what things you can do to get you and your new student off to a good start and sharing some of our experiences of being both men...

Cocaine might be a drug you associate with the 1980s, however, a 2018 audit found that it was still the 2nd most used recreational drug within the UK. Deaths associated with cocaine doubled between 2015 and 2018. 2019 marks the highest deaths on record linked to cocaine use after 8 years of successive increase. This month we’re looking at the pathophysiology of cocaine, the symptoms involved with...

Affecting an estimated 80% of the population at some time in their lives, Lower back pain is a common presentation to ambulance crews. Often this will be muscular in origin, however there are many serious conditions that is im portant ambulance staff are able to recognise and diagnose. This month we’re looking at the assessment and managment of these varied differential diagnoses from Cauda Equina...

This is the Second part of our 2 part mini series looking at Road Traffic Collision. In this episode we put your questions to Adam Barrow, head of collision research at TRL. Is closing speed a useful thing to describe? 50mph + 50mph head on = 100mph crash...right? How do airbags influence injury? Do electric vehicles present a risk to the rescuer? These and many more questions answered. Find the a...

In this Episode we speak to Adam Barrow the head of collision research for TRL. Adam talks to us about how he and his team assess the scenes of Road Traffic Collisions, how car safety features work and how thinking about the injury experience during a collision can support our practice and care for injured patients.

Every year in England and wales 1.4 million people attend A+E with a head injury, this makes up just over 6.5% of the presentations that Emergency departments see with 20% of them being admitted. Prehospital clinicians can have a difficult time assessing these patients often without the luxuries that come with seeing these patients in hospital. This week we look at the assessment, managment and ho...

Logical Fallacies have been documented as far back as ancient greece. For over 2000 years we have been making logical errors, and in modern day paramedic practice, these errors in logic can affect our clinical decisions. This week we discuss times in our own practice where we have fallen short to logical fallacies and what if anything we can do to combat them. Read the article here: www.generalbro...

This year, students are registering in unprecedentedly difficult times which is bound to lead to some anxieties. In this episode we discuss 10 bits of advice we wish we'd been told before registering as paramedics as well as several of our colleagues who have sent us some absolute pearls of wisdom. Read the article here: www.generalbroadcast.org.uk General Broadcast is a free online learning resou...

In this episode we discuss Transient loss of Conciousness. The presentations, assessments involved and potential causes, as well as some case studies we've encountered in our practice. Read the article here: www.generalbroadcast.org.uk General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics and newly qualified paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics...

This is the second part of our 2 part podcast on hypothermia. In this podcast we look at managment of the critically unwell hypothermic patient and modifications to the hypothermic cardiac arrest algorithm. Read the article and part one here: www.generalbroadcast.org.uk General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics and newly qualified paramedics. The pod...

In this episode we look at the pathophysiology behind hypothermia. We go through the stages of hypothermia from mild homeostatic changes to peri-arrest phenomena. Read the article here: http://www.generalbroadcast.org.uk General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics and newly qualified paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics designed to re...

General Broadcast is a free online learning resource aimed at UK based student paramedics. The podcasts are short summaries of topics designed to refresh memories and provide links to other resources for further learning. This Episode focuses on Elderly fallers and our assessment as ambulance clinicians. We hope to dispel some myths, look at gold standard assessment and cover falls prevention. Rea...