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10 March 2026
Discover how ARU student Joe made his student accommodation feel more homely, including a photo wall and small items that feel personal to him. Read more…
24 February 2017
Alex describes his work after returning from placement and talks about his charitable work for London’s Air Ambulance. Read more…
23 December 2016
This week has undoubtedly been a challenging one on placement with the London Ambulance Service. Alongside many blue calls and time-critical patients we have responded to some very thought-provoking jobs. Read more…
23 December 2016
Alex paints a picture of his last week on placement block one for the second year of the BSc Paramedic Science degree. Read more…
30 November 2016
Child Nursing student Sarah blogs about her reasons for returning to study - and preparing for a new career - now that her children are growing up. Read more…
29 November 2016
Alex shares calls from his weekend shifts, including several patients with sepsis. Read more…
24 November 2016
Working a busy night shift with his paramedic mentor and her emergency ambulance crewmate, Alex gets to cannulate two patients. Read more…
18 November 2016
Alex talks about practising the advanced clinical skills paramedics are able to do, and the case study he is writing about a patient with a ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm. Read more…
17 November 2016
When I embarked on my A Levels, I decided to study adult nursing. My main reason for wanting to be a nurse was due to my fascination in the amazing care and support nurses give to patients. This feeling started when my aunty got admitted to hospital due to a lung tumour. Read more…
12 July 2016
Alex describes a call on his final week of first year placement - to a baby that might have suffered a cardiac arrest. Read more…
5 July 2016
Alex describes the exhausting recent shifts his ambulance has attended, with an abusive hypoglycaemic patient and a stab wound victim. Read more…
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