About Prehospital Care Programme
The PCP gives medical students the chance to learn prehospital medicine on the front line via shifts with London Ambulance and London's Air Ambulance
Prehospital Care Programme Description
The Prehospital Care Programme developed from the ambitions of an individual medical student at Barts and The London. Emma Lightbody selected Barts and The London School of Medicine because of an attraction to Prehospital Care. After spending a year as an observer with the London Ambulance Service and several months working closely with the air ambulance (both in extra-curricular time), Emma was keen to expand her personal contacts into an academic programme linked to the medical school which other students could benefit from. The initiation of a Pilot PCP was in November 2007, and this has been a great success, leading to further expansion of the team.
The Development Team
The Prehospital Care Programme was founded by a Development Team, which remains at the centre of the management of the Programme.
It is representative of the different stakeholder groups involved in the programme, and the individuals involved were handpicked as people who would share the same vision, are positive role models, and would be committed to the Programme. The Development Team shares a vision of what medical education can be.
The Development Team is detailed below:
Lead Medical Student (currently Siobhan Williams, 4th year medical student, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry) and their committee.
Dr Anne Weaver, Consultant in Emergency Medicine & Prehospital Care at the Royal London Hospital, and Lead Clinician for the London Air Ambulance.
Dr Danë Goodsman, Senior Lecturer in Medical Education at Barts and the London, and Interprofessional Education Lead for Queen Mary and City University.
Mr Craig Cassidy, London Ambulance Service Paramedic and Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry
The Prehospital Care Programme aims to involve medical students in the basics of Prehospital Care by having them complete shifts with a designated paramedic /doctor mentor, who will teach and guide the students throughout their learning. The specially designed programme will not only provide education and support for medical students, but will also engage them in integrated, multi-agency, training from the London Ambulance Service (LAS) and London's Air Ambulance (LAA).
This unique educational pathway is a 4 Year Student Selected Component of the MBBS degree, and aims to make Barts & The London a centre of excellence for this type of undergraduate Prehospital Care Training.
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PCP 2019 APPLICATIONS!!
If you are a first year medical student (undergraduate or GEP) at Barts and would like to apply for a place on the Prehospital Care Programme, come along to our academic forum tomorrow night for details on the application process. We strongly encourage you to apply if you hold an interest in prehospital medicine, as the Prehospital Care Programme will give you an unrivalled insight into this unique and challenging area of medicine. You’ll be assigned an LAS paramedic mentor to join on shifts, and in your third year on the programme you’ll join the London HEMS team for nighttime observer shifts. You’ll also get to take part in student and clinician led training evenings, and present at our academic forums. So all in all, a pretty great opportunity!
We look forward to seeing you tomorrow evening.
Hello all!
We are already back for our 5th AF of the year. The topic of this AF is on "Resilience".
The aim of this AF is to explore how one may adapt during and after a stressful situation. To add some context to this we will have students who will provide their perspective on difficult cases they have attended and how they coped after.
... FIRST EXPERT SPEAKER: Dr Mike Christian is a Critical Care Physician in Pre-hospital, Aviation & Military Medicine.
SECOND EXPERT SPEAKER: Dr Matthew Walton, works closely with Dr Mike Christian on the topic of resilience and trauma.
STUDENT SPEAKERS:
SPEAKER 1: First student speaker will be Payal Karia, who is a 3rd year Medical Student. She will be talking about a case she attended to last year.
SPEAKER 2: Second student speaker will be Jonas Schlautmann, another 3rd year Medical Student. He will be discussing a case he attended previously.
**Those who would like to attend, please bring your professional/student ID as this will be checked before the start of the AF!**
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We are glad to host the 2019 National Student Conference in Pre-Hospital and Emergency Medicine.
We will have a weekend of fantastic morning talks from experts in the field of Pre-Hospital Medicine, covering difficult environments they have worked in and how they overcame the challenges they faced.
These morning talks will be followed by afternoon moulages and workshops allowing you to put the things learned in through out the weekend into practice and get direct feedback fr...om experienced pre-hospital care practitioners.
So if you are a student interested in prehospital medicine or still contemplating what specialty you would like to go into, then this conference is for you!
Stay tuned for information about speakers and much more - more details released very soon.
We look forward to welcoming you on the 6th and 7th of April.
**EARLY BIRD TICKETS ARE ON SALE** http://buytickets.at/pcpnationalconferenc e2019
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Hello all!
Happy New Year! We are back with our first AF of the 2019 year, which starts off with the topic of "Head Injuries"
EXPERT SPEAKER 1: Prof. Mark Wilson, a consultant Neurosurgeon, pre-hospital specialist and Air Ambulance doctor. He is also the co-founder of GoodSAM.
... EXPERT SPEAKER 2: Andrew Whitehouse, a paramedic with LAS. He will be discussing a case that may not be what it seems..
STUDENT SPEAKER: Matthew Sibley, a 4th year medical student (3rd year PCP student)
** Please remember to bring your professional/student ID as this will be checked before the start of the AF**
Before the start of the AF, as part of the the BL week there will be the: "In conversation with Dr Gareth Grier" talk at 5:30pm to 6:00pm.
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Hello everyone,
It's the end of a very long and busy first semester.
We wanted to send a massive thank you to everyone that have attended our Academic Forums this year and we hope to see you in the New Year.
... Another big thank you to all the AF speakers who have taken their time out to enlighten us with their expert knowledge and sharing their own experiences. In addition, to those who have helped during the Year 1 induction and the monthly training sessions for PCP students
But not to worry everyone, we still have many exciting events coming up in the 2019 year (so pencil them into your diaries) including:
- Academic Forums - PCP National Conference (April 2019) - Releasing information about the PCP application process (only open to Year 1/Year 1 GEP Barts MBBS Students)
So make sure to stay up to date on our Facebook and Twitter pages for more details.
We wish everyone a relaxing holiday, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. See you all in 2019 😄
Best Wishes PCP Committee
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We are excited to announce that the fourth speaker of the evening will be Graham Chalk, London HEMS Paramedic and Clinical Manager.
When should Londoners get a HEMS response? Graham will be walking us though the crucial decisions made by HEMS Paramedics in the LAS control room, as they decide who to send the air ambulance and its advanced trauma team to.
Hello everyone,
Already onto our 3rd Academic Forum of the 2018/2019 year. We hope you have found the other AFs interesting so far. We are glad to announce the title of this AF as "Cases in Trauma" and introduce the range of speakers for this month.
Speaker 1:
... Dr Halden Hutchinson-Bazely, a RAF anaesthetics trainee and pre-hospital doctor with LIVES (http://LIVES.org.uk/). The course director for the ATACC (anaesthesia, trauma and critical care) course. His talk will be based on life-threatening injuries for example blunt force trauma with an aspect on decision making skills required and process of extrication.
Speakers 2 and 3:
Rosie Burd, a 3rd PCP Student will describe a complex case that she attended. This will encompass a number of elements including an introduction to RSI as well as discussing the human and emotional elements. Along side Rosie is Sean Harris, PCP Lead Paramedic, who will bring his perspective on this case.
Speaker 4:
When should injured Londoners get a HEMS response? Graham Chalk, London HEMS Paramedic and Clinical Manager, will be walking us through the decisions made in the emergency control room as the HEMS paramedic decides who to send London’s Air Ambulance and it’s advanced trauma team to.
This will be another fascinating evening of talks, so we hope you will join us!
** Reminder please remember to bring with you your professional IDs as we will be checking these before the start **
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Hello all!
Wanted to share an event held by UOG Paramedic Science Society on 6th November. Sounds very interesting!
More details can be found on the event link below.
... **For those who would like to attend, please remember to bring your professional/student ID**
https://www.facebook.com/events/125513088 7961931/
Have a lovely weekend!
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Our expert speaker will be Dr. Sameer Mal, a consultant emergency and trauma physician who also works with HEMS in Sydney, Australia. Talking about his experience with difficult retrievals, and how they overcome these challenges with techniques such as winching.
Our student speaker will be 3rd year PCP Student, Vanessa Keeley, who will talk to us about a case she attended that involved a difficult rescue situation.
** Reminder for those who would like to attend, please remember to bring with you your professional/student ID as this will be checked at the beginning of the AF**
Happy Saturday!
Wanted to share a conference which is being held by the Keele Anaesthetics and Critical Care Society.
Those that attend the conference will receive a certificate and there will be a chance to be involved in a poster presentation on the day.
... Those interested in the event, attached to this post is a copy of their poster and a link to their event page, which has more details about tickets etc.
https://www.facebook.com/events/265060504 094406/
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Hello everyone,
Hope you all are well. Wanted to share an event that is being held by the University of Greenwich Paramedic Science Society:
https://www.facebook.com/events/352579895 284863/
... **To note they request that those who would like to attend bring with them their professional or student ID**
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**ATTENDANCE SHEET 2018/2019**
Only a few days until our first AF of 2018/2019.
Below is a copy of the attendance sheet for this years forums which we will stamp during the breaks. Please print off and bring your own along for Tuesday. Certificates will be given out at the end of the year for those who have attended the minimum number of AFs.
... Please TAKE A PHOTO of your attendance sheet at the end of each forum, as evidence of your attendance should you lose the sheet in the future.
N.B. There will be a small amount of blank attendance sheets available at the forum but there will only be a small number of copies, please endeavour to print and bring along your own. See you on Tuesday!
https://drive.google.com/…/1-uGoBbj3CNd oXwiMT_LZCrPwA…/view…
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Hello everyone,
We are very excited to present our first Academic Forum of the 2018/2019 year, organised by our new AF officer, Sruthi Vydyula.
The theme for this forum will be “Knife Crime and Trauma”, where we will be exploring the risk of knife crime and violence in London.
... Our expert speaker: TBC, but details to be released shortly, so stay tuned!
Our first student speaker of the year, Ellen Richards, is a PCP student who will be speaking to us about a knife related trauma case that she had attended earlier in the year.
Following Ellen’s talk, Dr Gareth Grier, an experienced HEMS consultant, will then provide his perspective on this case.
We look forward to seeing you all there!
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*CERTIFICATES*
As it is that time of year again, for those of you in requirement of certificates of attendance to the Academic Forums this year (minimum 4/6 required) then you need to email a picture/scan of your signed stamp sheets to:
pcpleadstudent@gmail.com
... Please include the name you want on the certificate in the email, and written in text how many forums you attended (just to help us along!)
Any questions give us a message, and please circulate this message amongst friends or colleagues who have attended but may not be on this page.
Many thanks!
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A BRILLIANT end to this academic year with our last Academic Forum last night.
Huge thank you to everyone involved, the fantastic speakers and our wonderful HEMS team for facilitating an excellent moulage.
OUR FORUMS WILL BE BACK IN SEPTEMBER so keep an eye out for updates.
... We already have something really special lined up for you...
Much PCP love to you all
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Last minute reminder for everyone to come along to the last forum of the year tonight despite the torrential rain! We can offer you a dry lecture theatre with plenty of interesting talks, and perhaps something to get you thinking on your feet later on in the evening!
It promises to be a good one, looking forward to seeing you all there!
An update on the second half of the evening this upcoming Tuesday.
We have two members of the HEMS team coming along; flight paramedic Richard Webb Stevens and then Dr Marwa El-Zanfaly. Whilst Mr Stevens will be giving us a talk, Dr Marwa will be helping us to run something more unconventional for the final forum of the year.
It's a great evening lined up; please come along and get involved!