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The podcast from East of England Ambulance Service


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  • 13. Cuddle Pockets

    18:58
    TRIGGER 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 community to the hospital.Back in 2021, Damon Wheddon, Clinical Lead, sat down with Jordan Nicholls, Jenni McClagish and Denise Kendall to talk about how the Trust commissioned the pockets and how to use them.

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  • 12. Patient Safety and Incident Reporting

    30:40
    In 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..
  • 11. Complex Systems and Safety

    45:35
    It'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 sectors.We talk about how policies can interfere with each other, how hierarchy impacts performance and reflecting on incidents in this fascinating chat.Steven's blog can be found here Humanistic Systems and he's also on Twitter @StevenShorrock.
  • 10. 10-10 Stroke Project

    17:53
    This 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.
  • 9. Thinking like a CCP: Lou Rosson and Chris Neil

    01:03:47
    Critical 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.
  • 8. Patient Safety Incident Response Framework (PSIRF)

    35:18
    In 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.
  • 7. Moral Injury: Dr Esther Murray

    24:04
    Dr 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.