CPD Categories

Trauma:

Traumatic jobs can range in their setting and environment where injuries can vary depending on the mechanism. Traumatic scenarios can create difficulties for ambulance staff where they have to review safety aspects, consider trauma pathology and its’ differing management, manage extrication and transport of patients to potential major trauma centres, and so on. Depending on your location in the country and role, crews may go long periods of time between trauma calls and patients, leaving the potential for some knowledge and skill fade.

CBRN and HAZMAT:

CBRN and HAZMAT are areas which Ambulance staff rarely have much training or awareness in. Apart from dealing with Covid-19, it is rare that you will come across a CBRN or HAZMAT job in your career. That being said, CBRN and HAZMAT can be extremely dangerous and can catch crews out who have little knowledge or experience. The environments they create can be deadly and require a complex multi-agency response.

Many services have HART and SORT teams who have additional training and equipment to be able to deal with certain CBRN and HAZMAT settings, but having an awareness can help you in identifying potential hazards and threats, and what you can try to do when arriving on scene.

Pharmacology:

Medication plays a big role in the treatment and management plans of Ambulance clinicians. Patients’ long term care and health can also depend on what medications they are taking. As a result, pharmacology plays a very big part in the medical context as a whole.

In this section we explore a number of different pharmacology CPD areas looking at different drugs for different conditions. More content will be added to this section as we continue to expand our CPD range:

Paediatrics:

Paediatrics are often jobs which cause a lot of unease for Ambulance clinicians. With differing physiological process from adults, paediatric cases can present a challenge to any Ambulance clinician. With more information and training coming available in pre-hospital care, more is expected from Ambulance staff when they are called to paediatric patients.

Special Incidents:

Within the pre-hospital setting there are a number of special incidents involving trauma or medical cases which require specific treatment and care. These incidents can include burns, drowning, maternity, and more. These jobs are not the usual run of the mill for Ambulance clinicians, and some knowledge and skill fade may be present. Covering a number of these special situations, we have CPD content in the form of quizzes, videos, and workbooks to help you keep your knowledge up to date.

Cardiac Arrest:

Cardiac arrest can be seen as one of the main elements of Ambulance clinician training, with varying protocols and management available depending on the type and age of the patient. New elements and management for cardiac arrest are in development all the time as the medical profession continues to learn and improve its’ practice.

Here we have CPD content surrounding the cardiac arrest subject to test your skill and knowledge:

Medical:

In our medical CPD section we cover a range of unusual or specific medical conditions which an Ambulance clinician may come across within the pre-hospital context. With numerous different medical conditions and specifics possible, a clinician needs to have a good knowledge and understanding of how to manage and treat these conditions.

Here we have a range of medical CPD content available in quiz, workbook, or video form:

Assessment and Skills:

Within the pre-hospital and Ambulance field there are various assessments and skills required by the Ambulance clinicians in order to effectively assess, manage, and treat patients. Over time it may be difficult for staff to continue to practice certain skills and assessments resulting in a skill and knowledge fade.

In our assessments and skills section, we cover a range of CPD content focused at Ambulance clinicians:

Anatomy and Physiology:

Anatomy and Physiology is important as it allows us to know what we are dealing with and what differences our actions and treatments can make. Anatomy and physiology of the human body make up the basic knowledge of all Ambulance staff, often being the first lessons done in training school. Here we have a wide range of quizzes and content looking at various A&P elements to challenge your knowledge and skill on. See how much you know by completing our A&P CPD content.

Explore the range of content available on A&P:

CPD Courses:

In our courses section we have a range of log form courses on a variety of pre-hospital subjects. Courses offer between 10 and 20 hours of CPD, meaning you can get a lot of learning and hours logged. You can complete each course at your own pace, and return anytime where you last left off.

Check out our courses to see what additional learning you can gain:

CPD Lessons:

Our CPD Lessons and Videos range looks at offering a ‘lesson’ structure to a chosen CPD subject. The world of pre-hospital medicine and trauma offers a huge range of subject matters to look into. We know this can be difficult to keep on top of everything. Our lessons structure looks to give you the important information on a subject, helping you understand the vital aspects.

Our lessons consist of either a CPD video, articles, or mixture of both. For additional learning, an MCQ will be available at the end of some of the topics:

Podcasts:

We’ve partnered with TSG to bring you their range of Podcasts that you can utilise for ongoing CPD. The podcast range covers various pre-hospital settings and topics for you to explore, adding to the variety of CPD available for you to record. All podcasts are available for free, and Ambulance CPD members can sign in to get the CPD certificate that comes with them and log the entry in the member dashboard.

The podcasts are added throughout the year, so visit back to see what new content is available. Remember to leave a review on Spotify and share with your friends: