#paramedic — Public Fediverse posts
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#Scientists have developed #paramedic #cyborg #cockroaches that could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver #lifesaving #drugs to people trapped after #disasters.
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#WOW
#Scientists have developed #paramedic #cyborg #cockroaches that could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver #lifesaving #drugs to people trapped after #disasters.
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#Scientists have developed #paramedic #cyborg #cockroaches that could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver #lifesaving #drugs to people trapped after #disasters.
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#Scientists have developed #paramedic #cyborg #cockroaches that could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver #lifesaving #drugs to people trapped after #disasters.
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#Scientists have developed #paramedic #cyborg #cockroaches that could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver #lifesaving #drugs to people trapped after #disasters.
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#Scientists have developed #paramedic #cyborg #cockroaches that could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver #lifesaving #drugs to people trapped after #disasters.
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#Scientists have developed #paramedic #cyborg #cockroaches that could one day be used by search-and-rescue teams to deliver #lifesaving #drugs to people trapped after #disasters.
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#Middleaged #men - all of them older than myself, #fighting in the #train up North over #sportsball and ending up in #CrownCourt
One of them is a #paramedic too, I hope #NHS or his employers (if private) are investigating whether he is still fit for that job
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#Middleaged #men - all of them older than myself, #fighting in the #train up North over #sportsball and ending up in #CrownCourt
One of them is a #paramedic too, I hope #NHS or his employers (if private) are investigating whether he is still fit for that job
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#Middleaged #men - all of them older than myself, #fighting in the #train up North over #sportsball and ending up in #CrownCourt
One of them is a #paramedic too, I hope #NHS or his employers (if private) are investigating whether he is still fit for that job
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#Middleaged #men - all of them older than myself, #fighting in the #train up North over #sportsball and ending up in #CrownCourt
One of them is a #paramedic too, I hope #NHS or his employers (if private) are investigating whether he is still fit for that job
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#Middleaged #men - all of them older than myself, #fighting in the #train up North over #sportsball and ending up in #CrownCourt
One of them is a #paramedic too, I hope #NHS or his employers (if private) are investigating whether he is still fit for that job
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One dead after three cyclists hit by car on Gungahlin Drive
A person has died and two others have been seriously injured after a crash in Canberra’s north this…
#Australia #accident #ACT #actfireandrescue #ACTpolicing #AU #Austrlia #canberra #crash #cycling #cyclists #driving #emergency #gungahlindrive #injury #KosciuszkoAvenue #localstories #palmerston #paramedic #road
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Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job -
Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job -
Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job -
Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job -
Taxi Drivers Rarely Die Of Alzheimer’s – How Complex Mental Maps And Spatial Reasoning Protect Your Brain [why knowing your way around might help you stay sharp]
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https://theconversation.com/taxi-drivers-rarely-die-of-alzheimers-how-complex-mental-maps-and-spatial-reasoning-protect-your-brain-286650 <-- shared technical article
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https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2024-082194 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.070039597 <-- shared paper
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https://doi.org/10.1038/s41582-018-0031-x <-- shared paper
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https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/taxis-and-private-hire/licensing/learn-the-knowledge-of-london <-- details of @Transport for London’s ‘The Knowledge’ details
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https://youtu.be/u7gp8KBP7ak?si=X1xXcysZF2LayFkx <-- shared video, ‘The People Who Have To Remember 25,000 Streets | The [London] Knowledge - The World's Toughest Taxi Test’
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H/T @ Jennifer Psillas, GISP | GIS Project Manager at City of Tucson Parks and Recreation
“Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likely than workers in almost any other job to die of Alzheimer’s disease. That was the surprising result of a 2024 study examining the death certificates of nearly 9 million people in the U.S…
Of the 9 million death certificates from January 2020 to December 2022 that researchers examined, taxi and ambulance drivers had the lowest risk of dying from Alzheimer’s disease out of 443 occupations. After adjusting for age, sex, race, ethnicity and education, roughly 1 in 100 taxi and ambulance drivers died of Alzheimer’s, compared with 1 in 60 people overall.
This pattern did not extend to other driving jobs. The researchers concluded that the key to reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s was not driving itself but continuous real-time navigation: the constant work of locating yourself in space, tracking a destination and updating a mental map as conditions change. Drivers whose jobs relied on fixed or predetermined routes, like bus drivers and aircraft pilots, didn’t seem to experience a similar advantage.
Researchers believe the association between navigation-heavy work and lower Alzheimer’s risk centers on the hippocampus, a part of the brain that governs memory and spatial navigation. It’s one of the first brain regions that Alzheimer’s damages: Problems with spatial navigation and orientation are among the earliest signs of the disease, sometimes surfacing before obvious memory loss.
In one landmark 2000 study [link above], neuroscientists compared the brains of licensed London taxi drivers with those of people who did not drive cabs. Their findings provided the first evidence via structural imaging that regions of the adult brain can measurably change under sustained navigational demand. To earn a license, London cabbies must memorize more than 25,000 streets within a 6-mile radius of Charing Cross, a challenge known as “The Knowledge” that takes three to four years…”
#spatialnavigation #orientation #mental #acuity #taxi #ambulance #paramedic #TheKnowledge #London #UK #Alzheimer #mapping #mentalmaps #spatialmapping #navigation #spatialreasoning #brain #hippocampus #brainhealth #death #mortality #disease #publichealth #scans #occupation #job -
https://www.europesays.com/iran/238708/ Rights groups accuse Israel of targeting and killing Lebanese journalist Amal Khalil #area #building #HezbollahMember #Israel #IsraeliMilitary #IsraeliStrike #journalist #Khalil #Lebanon #paramedic #people #RightGroup #SouthernLebanon #strike #thursday #village
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/73091/ ‘She was haemorrhaging’: In the West Bank, the checkpoint ordeal for pregnant women • FRANCE 24 #BenjaminNetanyahu #Ceasefire #checkpoint #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #GazaStrip #Hamas #Health #Hostages #Israel #IsraeliSettlements #military #OnTheGround #PalestinianTerritories #palestinians #paramedic #pregnant #report #war #WestBank
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https://www.europesays.com/people/169522/ California teen lifeguard’s rescue gets Trump’s attention #10YearOldBoy #16YearOldLifeguard #app|subscribe #Fields #HazardousSurfCondition #HeroicRescue #kcra #MoreCoverage #ocean #paramedic #POTUS #PresidentDonaldTrump #PresidentOfTheUnitedStates #PresidentTrump #RoughSurf #SantaCruzCounty #ScottVanderDussen #SeabrightBeach #TeenLifeguard #TeenageLifeguard #TopCaliforniaStory #video #Water #weekend #YoungChild
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Paramedics told to take complex cardiac patients to Launceston General Hospital instead of Mersey
Paramedics have been told to transport complex cardiac patients in Tasmania’s north-west to the Launceston General Hospital (LGH)…
#Australia #ambulance #AU #Austrlia #cardiacpatients #healthcare #Latrobe #launcestongeneralhospital #LGH #MerseyCommunityHospital #merseyhospital #paramedic #royalhobarthospital
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‘Emergency!’ Star Randy Mantooth Passes Away
Randy Mantooth records a video clip at a fire station in Santa Barbara, California, in this undated file…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Celebrities #ems #EMT #Entertainment #Headlines #paramedic
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‘Emergency!’ Star Randy Mantooth Passes Away
Randy Mantooth records a video clip at a fire station in Santa Barbara, California, in this undated file…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Celebrities #ems #EMT #Entertainment #Headlines #paramedic
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Iran Conflict: Food Sector’s 8 Biggest Casualties
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/192034/ Iran Conflict: Food Sector’s 8 Biggest Casualties #1940sStyle #AmericanCulture #AmericanFlag #ArmedForces #Army #ArmySoldier #carrying #casualty #Dead #DeadBody #death #dusk #flag #FourthOfJuly #friendship #heroes #honor #Horizontal #infantry #Iran #Men #Military #nature #night #outdoors #paramedic #patriotism #people #respect #rifle #sand #storm #ThreePeople #USMilitary #UsVeteran'sDay #usa #Veteran #War #Wound
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SWANSEA: Elite 999 paramedics now training with the Army — at the city’s Morfa reserve centre
Wales’ most highly trained 999 paramedics are now learning their craft alongside the Army — at a Swansea barracks.
The Welsh Ambulance Service has teamed up with the 203 (Welsh) Multi-Role Medical Regiment to train new recruits to its Cymru High Acuity Response Unit, known as CHARU.
CHARU paramedics carry enhanced skills and are sent to the most urgent 999 calls — cardiac arrests, road traffic collisions and major trauma.
The first course under the partnership ran on 20 May at the Army Reserve centre in Swansea, at the regiment’s Morfa detachment.
The tie-up solves a practical problem: the training is so specialist that only a small number of sites in Wales are suitable, and demand for venues has been outstripping supply.
The unit was created in 2022 and has trained more than 150 staff since.
The arrangement cuts both ways. CHARU equipment that would otherwise sit unused between courses is now being put to work by the regiment’s medics — while ambulance crews get access to realistic military training environments.
The Army’s medics bring trauma experience from operational deployments, and ambulance staff share their own front-line expertise, such as managing cardiac arrests.
Andy Swinburn, the service’s executive director of paramedicine, said: “This is an excellent example of working together across different organisations to pool resources and use them effectively.
“We are excited to see what enhancements this can bring to both organisations to improve the care we offer to the sickest patients.”
WO1 James, of 203 (Welsh) Multi-Role Medical Regiment, said: “Our Combat Medical Technicians, Paramedics and Ambulance Practitioner’s benefit enormously from training alongside colleagues from the Welsh Ambulance Service, whilst we are equally proud to share the lessons our military medics have learned from operational deployments.”
He said the new facility at the Morfa detachment reflected “a shared commitment to excellence, innovation and continuous professional development”, keeping both military and civilian clinicians at the forefront of emergency care.
The partnership is a bright spot in a difficult year for the service’s workforce pipeline — 82 newly qualified paramedics, most trained in Swansea, were left without posts this summer, prompting an emergency Welsh Government summit.
And the bond between the military and the ambulance service runs deep: soldiers deployed as ambulance drivers during the Covid pandemic, and Paula Jeffery — honoured by the King last month as Wales’ first female consultant paramedic — began her career in the Army’s nursing corps.
For the newest CHARU recruits, the drill hall doors at Morfa are now part of the journey to Wales’ most serious emergencies.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
Welsh Government to hold emergency summit after 82 newly qualified paramedics left with no posts
The workforce crisis facing the ambulance service’s next generation.Nearly £10m of public money spent training paramedics now told to look for work abroad
Swansea University students advised to seek posts as far away as Canada and Australia.King’s medal for the Welsh Ambulance Service trailblazer — Wales’ first female Consultant Paramedic
#203WelshMultiRoleMedicalRegiment #ArmedForces #Army #ArmyReserves #CHARU #Morfa #paramedic #Swansea #WelshAmbulanceServiceTrust
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Graduate paramedic’s bold career change
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24-7 mobile paramedic team created to address drug crisis in downtown Winnipeg
Paramedic teams will soon be available around the clock to respond to overdose calls in Winnipeg’s downtown area…
#Canada #Winnipeg #BernadetteSmith #ManitobaGovernment #Paramedic #ScottGillingham
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PARAMEDIC JOBS: Welsh Government to hold emergency summit after 82 newly qualified paramedics left with no posts
The Welsh Government has confirmed it will hold an emergency summit this month over the lack of jobs for newly qualified paramedics, after figures revealed 82 graduates but no posts for them to fill.
The admission came in a written answer from the Cabinet Minister for Health and Care, Mabon ap Gwynfor, who acknowledged there are no newly qualified paramedic roles available this year.
It is the latest turn in a crisis Swansea Bay News has been following since the spring, when paramedic students at Swansea University were told there were no NHS jobs for them in Wales — with some advised to look as far afield as Canada and Australia.
Swansea University is the main training centre for paramedics in the region. When Swansea Bay News reported on the crisis in the spring, around 61 of the 67 students due to qualify this summer were based at Swansea, with the remaining six at Wrexham University.
The minister was responding to a written question from Welsh Conservative Darren Millar, who asked how the government was working with the Welsh Ambulance Service to ensure newly qualified paramedics could be hired this year.
In his reply, Mr ap Gwynfor said there were 82 graduates and no available newly qualified paramedic posts within the Welsh Ambulance Services NHS Trust.
He described the situation as a “temporary mismatch” between the number of graduates and the number of funded vacancies, driven by financial constraints and a redesign of ambulance services.
The minister also said the problem was not unique to Wales, pointing to a restriction in available paramedic posts across the UK.
Despite the absence of paramedic vacancies, the government said 62 of the 82 graduates had secured Emergency Medical Technician roles — lower-banded posts — within the ambulance service instead.
It added that 42 of the graduates had been allocated training courses in September and October, with a further 20 placed on a reserve list.
The government confirmed a stakeholder summit would be held in June to consider immediate steps to support graduates who have not yet found a post, and to look at longer-term ways of stopping the situation from happening again.
The shortage echoes a parallel crisis among student nurses, who weeks earlier warned they faced unemployment after 2,300 hours of unpaid training as Band 5 posts dried up — even as health boards in the region had spent years recruiting nurses from overseas.
Natasha Asghar, the Welsh Conservatives’ shadow health minister, welcomed the summit but said it offered little comfort to graduates who had expected a paramedic job to be waiting for them.
She said vague references to financial pressures and service redesign were “not good enough,” and called for a proper explanation of how the situation had arisen.
“We need a proper explanation of how we got to this extraordinary situation where we have newly qualified paramedics, who are much-needed in the service, but there aren’t suitable jobs for them,” she said.
She added that the situation was hard to justify at a time when efforts should be focused on cutting waiting times, ending corridor care in A&E units and improving patient care.
The government has said it is working with the ambulance service, Health Education and Improvement Wales, universities and other stakeholders to better align training with employment.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
Welsh Government under pressure over paramedic recruitment shortfall
Last year’s warning that this was coming — when only 20 of 67 paramedic graduates were offered posts.India recruitment trip attracts 100 nurses to Morriston Hospital
Swansea Bay ran a major overseas drive to fill the Band 5 vacancies domestic graduates are now told don’t exist.Welsh NHS waiting lists rise again but ambulance handover times improve
#HEIW #MabonApGwynfor #NatashaAsgharMS #NHSWales #paramedic #paramedicRecruitment #WelshAmbulanceServiceTrust
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Wally has no plans to hang up the uniform after 50 years of service.
#ausnews #vicnews #kilmore #av #ambulance #paramedic #mas #rav #community #50years #service -
Wally has no plans to hang up the uniform after 50 years of service.
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/126773/ Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon kill 10, including paramedics and a child, officials say #ceasefire #child #day #group #HealthMinistry #Hezbollah #Israel #IsraelHezbollahWar #IsraeliAirstrike #Lebanon #NearDailyAttack #paramedic #people #SouthernLebanon #US
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SAS emergency responders to run Edinburgh Half Marathon for SCAA
Five emergency responders in Aberdeen will take part in the Edinburgh Half Marathon later this month to raise…
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Paramedic stabbed on Broadway
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SWANSEA: Nearly £10m of public money spent training paramedics who are now being told to look for work abroad
Paramedic students at Swansea University have been told they face no job prospects in Wales this year after the Welsh Ambulance Service confirmed a complete freeze on hiring newly qualified paramedics — with some students advised to seek work as far away as Canada, New Zealand and Australia.
Around 61 of the 67 students expected to graduate with paramedic science degrees this summer are based at Swansea University, with the remaining six at Wrexham University. Their training has been heavily subsidised by Healthcare Education and Improvement Wales, part of NHS Wales, with the cost per student estimated at around £150,000 — meaning the public bill for this year’s cohort runs to approximately £10 million.
Despite that investment, the Welsh Ambulance Service has told students there will be no newly qualified paramedic posts available to them in Wales this year, citing what it described as “financial and operational issues.”
One Swansea University student — who asked not to be named for fear of affecting his future employment — told the BBC he had been ringing ambulance services across the UK but found very few posts anywhere. He said he was hoping a paramedic job might be available for him in Canada.
Another student, Alice — not her real name — said she was devastated. “It’s an amazing career, it’s so unfortunate that we don’t have the opportunity to join it anymore,” she said.
A third, Alex — also not their real name — said they had fully intended to stay in Wales after qualifying. “I had full intention of working in Wales and serving the Welsh communities. None of us will have the opportunity to serve anywhere in Wales as a paramedic,” they said.
One student described the situation as “crazy and shortsighted.” Their training has included months of placements, sometimes more than 100 miles from home, across different parts of Wales.
As Swansea Bay News previously reported, this is not the first time the recruitment pipeline has broken down. Last year, only around 20 of 67 graduates were initially offered newly qualified paramedic posts, with some pushed into lower-banded Emergency Medical Technician roles instead. This year, the situation has deteriorated further — there are no paramedic posts at all.
Students also told the BBC that a pattern of “retire and return” — schemes that allow experienced paramedics to retire, access their pensions, and then be re-employed — has contributed to the workforce pressures blocking new entrants. A re-grading process within the service has also been cited as a factor.
Despite the bursary agreement that would normally require students to remain in Wales after qualifying, Healthcare Education and Improvement Wales has now released this year’s cohort from that obligation, effectively telling them they are free to seek work wherever they can find it.
Carl Kneeshaw, speaking for the Welsh Ambulance Service, acknowledged the impact on students. “We know this will be deeply disappointing for those hoping to start their careers with us, especially after the time, effort and commitment they have invested in their training,” he said. The service said it would encourage graduates to consider Emergency Medical Technician roles — which it expected to recruit to during 2026 — or posts with other ambulance services across the UK.
The Welsh Government said it was “working closely” with the ambulance service, Healthcare Education and Improvement Wales and the universities to address the challenges and support graduates. A Welsh Labour spokesperson said the party was “committed to ensuring the NHS in Wales has the staff it needs now and in the future.”
That response drew sharp criticism from across the political spectrum. Jane Dodds, leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats, called it “a staggering waste of both talent and taxpayers’ money” at a time when ambulance response times remain far too long and patients are waiting in pain. Dr Gwyn Williams, Plaid Cymru’s candidate for Gŵyr Abertawe, pointed to the estimated £150,000 cost per student and said the situation amounted to “almost £10m being written off.”
The Welsh Conservatives described it as “a clear failure of workforce planning” that was “completely unacceptable.”
Swansea University said it had been made aware of the situation and its immediate focus was on supporting affected students. A university spokesperson said it was “liaising closely” with the ambulance service and Healthcare Education and Improvement Wales to understand the impact and explore any possible alternative solutions.
The freeze comes as NHS Wales continues to face serious pressure across emergency services. As Swansea Bay News has reported, Welsh A&E departments have been linked to nearly 1,000 deaths connected to excessive waiting times — with ambulance response times a key factor in the delays that lead to patients deteriorating before reaching hospital care.
For the students approaching the end of three years of demanding clinical training, the human cost of the situation is clear. They trained to serve Welsh communities in some of the most pressured and critical moments of people’s lives. For now, Wales is turning them away.
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