Beyond the Sirens

The End of Life Partnership Ltd

The Beyond the Sirens: Paramedics and End-of-Life Care podcast series has been designed to start a journey together, to spark innovative ideas, provide support for and raise awareness of the holistic and complex requirements of end-of-life care. It is the start of a process, and we would love your input and feedback on what we have put together, for consideration for future podcasts we aim to create. Our ultimate aim is to benefit the patient by providing a tool that supports you in what you need to make the most appropriate decisions to aid those dying, and to understand the positive impact this has on those left behind to grieve. We have brought together the expertise of those people who have a long-standing wealth of experience in end-of-life care. We also felt it was equally important to hear about real life examples from those in the field just like yourselves, and how they have dealt with situations you yourself may come across. The hosts for this series are: Mary Buttle A Clinical Nurse Specialist with an extensive career in Oncology and Palliative and End of Life Care. Mary attained a Honours degree in adult palliative and end of life care and has been delivering education and training in this speciality for over 6 years. Previously an Education Lead at the End-of-Life Partnership, delivering training to Paramedics from North West Ambulance Service Theresa Taylor, Practice Education End of Life Partnership Works as a practice educator for the End-of-Life Partnership based in Crewe. A registered nurse by background, Tess worked in palliative and end of life care as a specialist nurse and educator for over 20 years. She attained a degree in Palliative Care , an MSc in Pain Management, and has a huge passion for supporting paramedics through education. She feels privileged to be able to do this through the End of Life Care Training for North West Ambulance Service and through teaching paramedics at Stafford University.

Season 1

  1. Exploring Palliative and End of Life Care for Paramedics

    EPISODE 1

    Exploring Palliative and End of Life Care for Paramedics

    Episode 1 looks at the difference between palliative and end of life care. We are looking to understand what the aims of End of Life care are, and how there is a different mindset required from paramedics in this role. We are joined by Dr Kathryn Gaunt A Consultant in Palliative Medicine at East Cheshire NHS Trust. She works across all clinical settings within East Cheshire, acute hospital, community, and hospice. This allows for a greater understanding of the challenges and developments happening across the healthcare arena. She is the Chair of the East Cheshire PLACE based Palliative and End of Life Locality Group where the focus is on steering the strategic direction of palliative and eol service delivery within the locality. She has a keen interest in palliative and End of Life education and developing and delivering simulation training within this area. Dan Platt, Paramedic is currently working as a newly qualified paramedic within his second year of practice with Northwest Ambulance Service in the Merseyside area. Prior to this he spent 3 years completing his degree in paramedic science at Liverpool John Moores University, predominantly working around North Liverpool and the surrounding areas. Whilst studying at university Dan took on the role of CPD and Training Officer for the LJMU Paramedic Society, helping to facilitate numerous training events relating to end-of-life care in the paramedic role. During his time completing placements throughout university and leading into his career as a registered paramedic he regularly encounters patients who are nearing the end stages of their life, often proving to be one of the most challenging yet highly rewarding incidents they attend to.

    29 min
  2. Paramedics' Perspectives on Palliative Care Emergencies

    EPISODE 6

    Paramedics' Perspectives on Palliative Care Emergencies

    In the course of your career, you will come across Palliative care emergencies. In most of the episodes we are looking at where it might be less appropriate to take patients to hospital and keeping patients at home is the appropriate and essential decision for all concerned. In certain cases, the family and patient may be urging you to keep them at home but there are instances where it is more appropriate to take them to hospital as you may well be adding life to days when days cannot be added to life. We look at: JR Calc metastatic spinal cord compressionNeutropenic sepsisCatastrophic bleedsSuperior venacava compression HypercalcaemiaRob Whelan Paramedic A paramedic since 2012 and working as a community specialist paramedic for 3 years. Rob has a particular interest in lower acuity care and developing alternatives to transport pathways. He is the NWAS lead for virtual frailty wards in Cheshire and Merseyside and has worked with urgent community response teams across CAM to improve care for older people. Kieran Potts Paramedic Kieran qualified as a Paramedic in 2011 and has held roles within the clinical leadership structure, and research and development team of North -West Ambulance Service. Kieran currently holds a clinical leadership role as a Community Specialist Paramedic and holds the portfolio for Regional Palliative and End of Life Care leadership, having undertaken an Advanced Clinical Practice MSc with modules focused on palliative and end of life care.

    33 min

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The Beyond the Sirens: Paramedics and End-of-Life Care podcast series has been designed to start a journey together, to spark innovative ideas, provide support for and raise awareness of the holistic and complex requirements of end-of-life care. It is the start of a process, and we would love your input and feedback on what we have put together, for consideration for future podcasts we aim to create. Our ultimate aim is to benefit the patient by providing a tool that supports you in what you need to make the most appropriate decisions to aid those dying, and to understand the positive impact this has on those left behind to grieve. We have brought together the expertise of those people who have a long-standing wealth of experience in end-of-life care. We also felt it was equally important to hear about real life examples from those in the field just like yourselves, and how they have dealt with situations you yourself may come across. The hosts for this series are: Mary Buttle A Clinical Nurse Specialist with an extensive career in Oncology and Palliative and End of Life Care. Mary attained a Honours degree in adult palliative and end of life care and has been delivering education and training in this speciality for over 6 years. Previously an Education Lead at the End-of-Life Partnership, delivering training to Paramedics from North West Ambulance Service Theresa Taylor, Practice Education End of Life Partnership Works as a practice educator for the End-of-Life Partnership based in Crewe. A registered nurse by background, Tess worked in palliative and end of life care as a specialist nurse and educator for over 20 years. She attained a degree in Palliative Care , an MSc in Pain Management, and has a huge passion for supporting paramedics through education. She feels privileged to be able to do this through the End of Life Care Training for North West Ambulance Service and through teaching paramedics at Stafford University.