Brayden West

Paramedicine Student // Coffee Aficionado // @StudentParaPod // Disability Support Worker // Views Are My Own 🚑☕️🇦🇺🩺🎙

[Brayden West @brayedn]

If you could spare a dollar and donate to the link below, that would be amazing and will make a difference.

If you could share this post to help raise awareness, that would also be amazing.

Challenge yourself by signing up to SIP, or drinking from straws only for just one day.

[Brayden West @brayedn]

For those that do not know, I look after a teen with quadriplegia.

So, for the week of the 6th - 12th of September, I'm SIPping all my beverages through a straw to find a cure for SCI.

https://t.co/ouCxkBnU4n

[Brayden West @brayedn]

Dr Christine Smith covering Paed Burns

🔥Opiates, Distraction and a Prepared Parent all assist in treatment
🔥1 in 4 Paed Burns Pre-Hospitally don’t receive Burn First Aid
🔥20min Cooling with cold water achieves the best long term results
🔥Transport Appropriately
#parapem21

[Brayden West @brayedn]

Absolutely loved @ClareHambridge talk on managing shock.
Frequently assess the patient, start Inotropes early if needed, and refer to this handy tool for understanding the follow on of treatment in Resus

#ParaPem21

https://t.co/T7QLQIFQJM

[Brayden West @brayedn]

@theamandaharley absolutely nailed this! Some key notes on paed sepsis:
🦠Sepsis differential should be a ‘rule out’ and not a ‘rule in’. Could this be sepsis?
🦠Handover the child you initially saw as well as current presentation
🦠The Sepsis expert is always the child’s parent

[Brayden West @brayedn]

Breathing - you should NOT notice normal breathing. Normal breathing is effortless, any noticeable breathing efforts is abnormal.

[Brayden West @brayedn]

@FatamboGary talking about the importance of the Paediatric Assessment Triad and utilising it to its full abilities. A great pneumonic for Appearance is TICLS (TICKLES)

T - Tone
I - Interactiveness
C - Consolability
L - Look/Gaze
S - Speech/Cry

@PemCourses #parapem21

[Brayden West @brayedn]

Learning as much as I can today at @PemCourses #parapem21

Keen to see what today entails!

[Brayden West @brayedn]

Spending as much time as I can lately around the talented doctors and paramedics who train and work on these beautiful machines 🚁

Feeling like a kid in a candy shop 🤩

[Mike MacKenzie @mcmack84]

Paramedic tests should not be made to evaluate if students can memorize information. They should be made to evaluate if students know how to use the information, and where to find it if they need to look it up.

[Brayden West @brayedn]

One of my favourite episodes is out now talking about the emotional side of paediatrics and the clinical approach. Thank you very much @andrewjtagg for sharing your knowledge with us

https://t.co/2ig5kAQund

[Kim Seddon @kimberleyseddon]

PINGU WORKING FOR THE AMBULANCE SERVICE: A THREAD.

[Damon Davies @Brigidwall]

First message from #TotB2021 Experience: gain it, share it, live in the now.

[Brayden West @brayedn]

Currently reflecting on #Totb2021 and I am honestly amazed at how collaborative and empowering so many healthcare professionals are to Paramedicine Students.

[Rohan Gupta @rohan_gupta97]

New content up on the Kidlington CPD board on hypo/hyperkalemia #cpd

[Kim Seddon @kimberleyseddon]

GORDON RAMSEY WORKING FOR THE AMBULANCE SERVICE - A THREAD:

[Brayden West @brayedn]

This is an awesome step in the right direction!

[Ambulance Victoria @AmbulanceVic]

Are you a GP or consultant psychiatrist? Do you have a passion for prehospital care?

Want to join our Medical Advisory Committee and help shape the emergency care Victorians receive?

We'd love to hear from you. To find out more and how to apply, visit https://t.co/20XDEJ0v6A

[Rob Fenwick @robfenwick]

Took a pre-alert for a young COVID patient.

We approached them the same way we do with all patients (empathy, humour, reassurance)

They said “aren’t you guys scared??”

It caught me out (we still are scared), because we must be pretty good at hiding that nowadays, I guess.

[Brayden West @brayedn]

@fuzzymittens Working in a radiology assistant role, I was always taught ACF as was used for contrast. Now as a paramedicine student, I always aim for the back of the hand and success rate is higher along with more comfortable for the Pt

[Ross @RossDoesHisBest]

Me after fake laughing at a patient's joke to build rapport