EEAST General Broadcast
24 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago -General Broadcast covers the whole of the Ambulance service, from clinical to non-technical skills, from best practice to learning from incidents and more.
It's a chance to hear from experts about the latest developments in the industry, thought-provoking ideas and innovations all in the world of the NHS and EEAST in particular. It's not just blue lights and sirens!
Whether you work for an ambulance service or just want to learn more, it's the best place to hear about the world of the ambulance service.
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Episodes
Cuddle Pockets
February 29, 2024 09:00 - 18 minutes - 11.3 MBTRIGGER WARNING- this podcast talks about the death of premature babies. Working in the community means that clinicians can be faced with any type of incident. This means needing the right equipment to deal with whatever they face. In the tragic and rare cases where a premature baby has died, it has been in the past difficult to find a safe and dignified solution for baby to be transported with parents. The cuddle pocket is designed to be a compassionate way of carrying a baby from the com...
Patient Safety and Incident Reporting
January 31, 2024 09:00 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIn this episode Joanna Wells talks to Liam Dunn, Head of Patient Safety along with Patient Safety Specialists, Kirsty Wilson, Sancha Dennehy, Jen McClagish. They discuss who the Patient Safety Team are, what do they do as a team, what they look at and what the teams responsibilities are.. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Complex Systems and Safety
December 29, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes - 32.8 MBIt's important to think about how we are safe on the front line, doing the work day in and day out, but how do our polices, processes and practices across an entire organisation impact the safety of our work? Steven Shorrock is an interdisciplinary humanistic, systems and design practitioner interested in human work from multiple perspectives. He currently specialises as a human factors and safety specialist in air traffic control in Europe, but has worked across most safety critical sector...
10-10 Stroke Project
November 30, 2023 09:00 - 17 minutes - 14.7 MBThis episode is in two parts. In the first part, Stroke Lead, Dan Philips is in a Q&A session with Kayleigh Martin, where Dan explains the 10-10 project that aims to reduce time on scene for seriously unwell patients. The second part is also with Dan Philips and Dr Sajid Alam, Stroke Lead from Ipswich Hospital on the reasons why 10-10 is a good idea. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Thinking like a CCP: Lou Rosson and Chris Neil
October 31, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBCritical care paramedics bring more than just advanced clinical skills, they also have a huge amount of non-technical tricks can help keep patients and staff safe at scene and make the best choices. This week, Patient Safety Integration Lead Jordan sits down (virtually) with Lou Rosson and Chris Neil, who break down what happens before they get to a job, what they're thinking at scene and how they rely on the team to make the best decisions for the patient. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/...
Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)
September 29, 2023 08:00 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBIn this episode Jo Wells, Patient Safety Improvement Specialist had a chat with Julie Hargreaves, Patient Safety PSIRF Lead about all things related to the new Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF) and how it will affect the staff, patients and look for incident investigation moving forwards. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Moral Injury: Dr Esther Murray
August 31, 2023 08:00 - 24 minutes - 31.1 MBDr Esther Murray is a Health Psychologist working at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She has a keen interest in moral injury, the term used when people are witness to shocking or traumatic events that change their outlook on the world. Our previous Patient Safety Integration Lead, sat down with Esther on the phone to talk about moral injury and how it can impact ambulance crews, as well as what we can all do to help each other. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy...
Peak performance under pressure: Dr Stephen Hearns
July 31, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 119 MBWe all have to deal with pressure. Sometimes it's minor like "do I go left or right at the roundabout?". Sometimes it's the difference between life and death. But how can we manage and work with that pressure, rather than against it? Dr Stephen Hearns is a critical care doctor and search and rescue specialist in Scotland, who has spent his career understanding what pressure is and how he can try to handle it in stressful times. His book 'Peak Performance Under Pressure' goes into detail abo...
Birth in the Community
June 30, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 37.5 MBChildbirth in the community can be one of the most challenging jobs any frontline clinician faces. In this episode, our previous Patient Safety Integration Lead, Jordan, sat down with our Clinical Lead, Daimon Wheddon and Rose Bedford, Consultant Midwife in East and North Herts NHS Trust. They talk about common challenged with delivery, misconceptions and top tips about what to do when delivering a baby. If you have any questions or feedback please email [email protected] Hosted on Aca...
Fast jets and faster thinking
May 31, 2023 08:00 - 51 minutes - 42.5 MBThere are few roles like the emergency services, where you train to deal with the unexpected in challenging environments, but most of those roles are based in the military. None more so than flying a jet fighter into a war zone. Having to think and work under extreme pressure, all while controlling a machine capable of breaking the sound barrier. It's a tall order. Mandy Hickson was the only female pilot on her Front Line Tornado Squadron, flying multimillion pound fast jets for the Royal A...
Clinical Human Factors: Martin Bromiley
April 28, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour - 39.3 MBIn this episode, our previous Patient Safety Integration Lead, Jordan, sat down with Martin Bromiley to discuss human factors in clinical settings. They discuss what safety truly is, how to check yourself in a stressful situation, how to work with people you may not know in high stress situations and what organisations can do to support psychological safety in their Trusts. Martin is one of the leading champions in this field, a pilot and instructor, who's wife sadly died during a routine p...
Investigations and making safe decisions: Andy Collen
March 31, 2023 08:00 - 47 minutes - 41.6 MBIn this episode, our previous Patient Safety Integration Lead, Jordan, sat down with Andy Collen to discuss investigations and decision making in Paramedic Practice. Andy is a paramedic who has completed a huge range of roles, including being the meds & prescribing lead for the College of Paramedics, a national investigator for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch and has written a book about decision making in paramedic practice. Andy's book can be purchased at Decision Making in P...
ReSPECT
March 01, 2023 09:00 - 25 minutes - 42.5 MBThis week, Clinical Lead Daimon Wheddon and the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital's Dr Caroline Barry, sit down to talk ReSPECT. The ReSPECT process provides a written record of patients' treatment preference and focuses on treatments to be considered as well as those that are not wanted or would not work. People with a complete ReSPECT form do not require a separate DNACPR form although it is important to be aware that a patient can have a ReSPECT form and still be in favour of car...
Mental capacity act and safeguarding
July 21, 2021 12:36 - 59 minutes - 85 MBFront line crews these days can be called to a wide variety of jobs. More often, the ambulance service is called to patients experiencing episodes of poor mental health. it's important to understand how clinicians can support patients through these experiences. This week, Safeguarding Lead Ben, Patient Safet Lead Ant, and Patient Safety Specialist Lou talk about their experience of the mental capacity act, what it is and what it isn't, as well as safeguarding patients within the AOC. If yo...
Birth in the community
January 25, 2021 12:15 - 1 hour - 119 MBChildbirth in the community can be one of the most challenging jobs any frontline clinician faces. Clinical Lead Damon Weddon and Patient Safety Integration Lead Jordan Nicholls sit down with Rose Bedford, Consultant Midwife in East and North Herts NHS Trust. They talk about common challenges with delivery, misconceptions and top tips about what to do when delivering a baby. If you have any questions or feedback please email [email protected] Our GDPR privacy policy was upd...
A short message
November 02, 2020 06:30 - 2 minutes - 1.02 MBWe cannot care for our patients if we don't take care of ourselves. In these incredibly challenging times it is vital that we take time to look after ourselves, to give us the strength and ability to continue during what is likely to be a challenging winter for the NHS. There is a huge amount of support and guidance out there, which in itself can be difficult to navigate. Below is a selection of links and resources to give you some guidance on where you can get support and tools to help su...
Season Two Trailer
October 23, 2020 08:50 - 1 minute - 3.27 MBAfter a short break we're back with even more from the world of safety! With more industry experts, clinical advice and general chat, this is set to be another fantastic series. Thank you all so much for listening so far. The feedback has been incredible and we're more set than ever to bring you more great content. If you have any ideas for episodes, or would like to give feedback, please email [email protected] or tweet us @EastEnglandAmb or @EEAST_Safety Our GDPR privacy ...
Incident reporting: Richard Smith
June 18, 2020 14:33 - 1 hour - 117 MB*Please note this episode contains swearing taken from qualitative research* The only way to learn is to understand what we've done well, and what we can improve on. The only way we can do that is identify events where something's happened. The NHS in general is known to have challenges with reporting cultures, and staff feeling they are able to speak up. This is a challenge when organisations want to learn what's going wrong, or right, and why. Richard Smith is the Head of Quality and Sa...
Thinking like a CCP: Lou Rosson and Chirs Neil
May 28, 2020 08:32 - 1 hour - 118 MBCritical care paramedics bring more than just advanced clinical skills, they also have a huge amount of non-technical tricks can help keep patients and staff safe at scene and make the best choices. This week, Patient Safety Integration Lead Jordan sits down (virtually) with Lou Rosson and Chris Neil, who break down what happens before they get to a job, what they're thinking at scene and how they rely on the team to make the best decisions for the patient. If you'd like to get in touch, e...
Not conveying patients
May 12, 2020 14:29 - 1 hour - 131 MBThere has never been a wider mix of illnesses and issues seen by the UK ambulance services. There's also never been more different care pathways. It can sometimes be hard to know what the best thing to do is. Choice fatigue, along with patients sometime presenting in the same way as others can lead crews to make some challenging decisions. In this episode, some of the patient safety team sit down to talk about what's important when leaving a patient at home, what safety nedding needs to be...
Not conveying patients: Round table chat
May 12, 2020 14:29 - 1 hour - 131 MBThere has never been a wider mix of illnesses and issues seen by the UK ambulance services. There's also never been more different care pathways. It can sometimes be hard to know what the best thing to do is. Choice fatigue, along with patients sometime presenting in the same way as others can lead crews to make some challenging decisions. In this episode, some of the patient safety team sit down to talk about what's important when leaving a patient at home, what safety nedding needs to be...
Investigations and making safe decisions
April 27, 2020 08:55 - 1 hour - 112 MBThis week, patient safety Integration Lead Jordan sits down (over Microsft Teams) with Andy Collen. Andy is a paramedic who has completed a huge range of roles, including being the meds & prescribing lead for the College of Paramedics, a national investigator for the Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch and has written a book about decision making in paramedic practice. Decision Making in Paramedic Practice- https://www.classprofessional.co.uk/?id=204310&fromsearch=true#iosfirsthighlight...
The 10-10 project
April 16, 2020 07:36 - 18 minutes - 14.5 MBWith stroke patients, time is brain. Dan Phillips, EEAST Clinical Lead, sits down to talk more about 10-10 and why it's so important on the road. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Moral Injury
April 15, 2020 07:40 - 27 minutes - 24.7 MBDr Esther Murray is a Health Psychologist working at Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry. She has a keen interest in moral injury, the term used when people are witness to shocking or traumatic events that change their outlook on the world. Jordan, EEAST's Patient Safety Integration Lead, sat down with her on the phone to talk about moral injury and how it can impact ambulance crews, as well as what we can all do to help each other See acast.com/privacy for privacy and o...