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Written by Alice Cheeseman | HCPC-registered paramedic You've polished your boots, ironed your uniform, packed enough pens to supply an entire ambulance station and spent an unreasonable amount of time wondering what you're supposed to put in your pockets. You’ve probably also checked the route to your placement station several times, despite knowing perfectly well where it is. What you've forgotten is that the key thing is snacks!! And lots of them. Your first ambulance plac

Written by Alice Cheeseman | HCPC-registered paramedic You've spent hours revising, you've memorised your assessment frameworks, and you're fairly confident you know what you're doing. Then someone reads out a scenario, starts a timer, and suddenly you've forgotten how to even speak!! Sound familiar? Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) are a big part of paramedic education, and for many students, they're also one of the most nerve-wracking. The good news? Prepa

Written by Alice Cheeseman | HCPC-registered paramedic One of the biggest transitions during paramedic training is moving from learning about individual conditions to assessing patients who don't necessarily present in the way your textbooks suggest. It's relatively straightforward to recognise a condition when you're given a list of classic symptoms, but considerably harder when you're standing in someone's living room, trying to piece together a history from a patient who f