Matt Green, a paramedic for an NHS Trust, blogs about a problem for every hungry, tired, hard-working paramedic - what comes first: the emergency call or the meal break? Working as ambulance personnel has all the hallmarks of an exhausting job: long shifts day and night, repetitive heavy lifting and prolonged concentration to ensure a safe, professional and dignified app...
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Meal break misery
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Legal Highs - a rising problem for ambulance staff
The growing market for so-called ‘legal highs’ is leaving ambulance staff across the UK struggling to cope with the fallout. Legal highs, officially classed as ‘new psychoactive substances’ or NPSs, are developed to mimic class A drugs, such as cocaine and ecstasy. However, owing to their chemical structure they cannot be classified as illegal, so it is legal to possess ...
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