A blog about the work of RapidResponseDoc, a member of the British Association for Immediate Care, who spends his spare time going out to assist at the site of major accidents.
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Tomorrow, MiniRRD turns 17. Tomorrow he becomes another one of those legally able to get behind the wheel of a car. He is desperate (BOY is he desperate!!) to start driving. Mrs RRD and I have heard little else from him in the past few weeks. He's...
Why is it always between 2 and 4am? Why is it always raining? Why didn't MrsRRD and I go to bed early, rather than staying up to watch ANOTHER episode of "Modern Family?" These three questions run through my head as I jump out my car and rush towards...
I know what happens to you. I've seen it. I know what you look like when you drive too fast and hit another car, or spin out of control into the central reservation. I know what happens when you get hit by a bottle, or get stabbed in the chest. I've...
They stand there, the three of them, holding hands, a family circle so much smaller today, because of the one who lies only a few yards away, and yet who is unreachable. They call out, beg, plead for her life to be saved, but I know, as I walk out of...
3am, I am woken from troubled sleep by Control. Can I attend FarAwayPark, where a man has been sledging (at 3 am!!!???) and has hit a tree. Massive head injury, CPR in progress? My muggy brain starts doing the Math - 2-3 minutes to get up and...
Wonderful blog, well written, funny & very moving. It is a pleasure to read these, especially for someone not in the profession, a real eye opener.
Thank you RRD
An excellent blog, a great insight into the work and workings of RRD.
As a Paramedic it is interesting to see a BASIC's Dr's take on the situation. It is easy to forget sometimes that Dr's like RRD give up their time and skills voluntarily; on more than one occasion I have summoned them from their bed and have never experienced anything but enthusiastic support and professionalism. Their assistance is invaluable.
Thank-you for a well-written, informative blog. Keep it up!
A very good blog that I have enjoyed reading very much, and I am always grateful for the help from BASIC's Dr's. I just wanted to raise a brief point of concern though. Several times I noticed the author mentions having to give advice to paramedics re. gaining IV access and providing fluids etc. Seemed at times like he was implying paramedics just wait around for the Dr, not knowing what to do and needing their advice. Reality is far from that, BASIC's respond to a tiny proportion of jobs in my area and we manage just fine without them talking us through it. They are useful, but please make sure there is some credit for the paramedics and other frontline staff that manage these jobs everyday (generally with no help) not just as a sideline hobby. We are specialists and well trained.
RRD - I'm just glad to know that people like yourself are there for all of us when things go wrong. Excellent writing and riveting stories. Keep up the good work.
An excellent blog giving an insight into Uk pre-hospital medicine from a medical perspective rather than a paramedic/EMS point of view.
Always interesting and informative from a very approachable blogger!
What an excellent blog, both well written, and interesting to read, gives us "non-medic" types a real, true insight to what it is to be a BASICS Doctor - Hope he continues the writing, and also hope he feels rewarded for all his great work
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