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Emergency and Critical Care Conference 2025
Available to registered staff. Not currently available for students at this stage, but we may open out more widely if we have availability at a later date.
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Join us for the inaugural ‘Emergency and Critical Care Conference' taking place on Wednesday 15th January 2025 at the Birmingham Conference and Events Centre. Hosted by the College of Paramedics, this dynamic event is designed to elevate your skills and understanding of high-pressure scenarios in pre-hospital care.
Info & BookingInternational Critical Care Paramedic Symposium 2025
Available to all staff. Not currently available for students at this stage, but we may open out more widely if we have availability at a later date.
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The ICCP 2025 symposium will consist of presentations from critical care paramedics across the world, with a primary theme on “A Day in the Life of a Critical Care Paramedic”.
Info & BookingPre-Hospital Trauma Life Support
Registered staff only.
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Pre-Hospital Trauma Life Support (PHTLS) provides comprehensive training for emergency and healthcare professionals in the UK who need to deliver advance trauma care in pre-hospital settings. Based on globally recognised principles and evidence based trauma management, this intensive course equips participants with the essential skills to respond effectively to trauma incidents, ensuring the highest possible standard of care or trauma patients before they reach the hospital.
Info & BookingAirway CPD Workshops 2024/25
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This practical CPD session gives clinicians the opportunity to refresh their airway management skills in a relaxed and informal setting; through a variety of skills stations, clinical discussions and scenario-based training.
Taught by Specialist Paramedics in Critical Care from across the Trust, this Airway workshop aims to cover topics such as:
- Escalation of airway management techniques
- Oxygenation and ventilation strategies
- End-Tidal CO2 waveforms and their clinical significance.
Employee Research Opportunity – Coming Soon!
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Working for the ambulance service can be stressful and we know from a systematic review of the evidence that employees want more time at work to look after themselves and their colleagues.
To build on this evidence we invite all SWASFT employees (from all roles) to express interest in joining a focus group (or one to one interview if preferred) where you can share your opinion and thoughts about why some colleagues are happy to ask for help from organisational support services and why some are not. This information will be used to help minimise any barriers and to enhance any facilitators to ambulance staff accessing support when needed.
ZOLL Resuscitation Review Study Days 2024/25
Available to all staff and students
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Managing a patient experiencing an out of hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) requires quick thinking and the ability to use the latest technology to deliver a high-quality resuscitation attempt.
This 1-day workshop focuses on the importance of high-quality CPR and utilising advanced monitoring features on Trust ZOLL X-Series defibrillators.
Shadowing Opportunity: Children’s Emergency Department
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Bristol Children’s Hospital have kindly offered to facilitate shadowing within their Emergency Department. This is a fantastic CPD opportunity with the potential to enhance your familiarity with managing paediatric patients.
The ED are keen to tailor this to the individual, ensuring that it's a useful experience for you. One to two days are available for each learner.
12 Lead ECGs Introduction/Refresher – Autumn 2024
Available to all staff and Paramedic Science students
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An introduction to ECGs - A real 'start at the beginning' refresher session for those new to ECGs, those who feel they want to refresh right from the start of ECGs, or anyone who wants to go back and in over the foundations again.
This course is open to ALL staff and Paramedic Science students, but Paramedic grade are advised to attend ECG Level 1 to ensure that they meet the minimum Trust standard.
Airway Essentials – Expression of Interest
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An airway essentials day covering all the key areas of airway assessment and management. Including a blend of mini-teaching sessions, practical workshops and simulation. Delivered by the team at Wiltshire Air Ambulance.
To ensure a balanced skill mix on the day, expressions of interest are being taken for this session. Staff will be made aware if they have a place after 24/10/24 by the educators.
SWASFT MatNeo Webinar Series
Available to all frontline staff and students
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The SWASFT MatNeo webinar sessions will take place on a monthly basis, covering a range of topics to help you approach maternity and neonatal jobs with confidence.
October's webinar will act as a forum to learn more about supporting families experiencing baby loss. Hear from subject-matter experts, discuss best practice in pre-hospital care and ask questions in a supportive environment.
Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARC)
Suitable for all staff and students. May be most applicable for staff who have contact with patients.
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This pre-recorded session offers information and guidance if someone discloses to a professional that they have been raped or sexually assaulted. Delivered by Duncan from The Bridge, which is a Sexual Assault Referral Centre.
Easy Paedsy: Dr Led Webinar Series – 2024/25
Available to all staff and Paramedic Science students
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These sessions will take place on a monthly basis, covering a range of topics to help you tackle those paedatric jobs with confidence.
They have been generously offered to SWASFT by staff & students by the Bristol Royal Children's Hospital.
Academic Writing for Healthcare Students in Higher Education
Suitable for all staff wishing to (& eligible to) pick up a module via SWAST CPD.
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Discover the academic writing fundamentals to help you achieve success in your healthcare-related undergraduate degree.
Ideal for those who have been out of higher education for a while but are keen to pick this up. Or just for those who feel they would like a refresher to give the best chance of success!
Academic writing forms a significant part of your healthcare degree, and is key to your success at university. This three-week course from Kingston University and St George’s, University of London will give you the tips, strategies, and tools you need to develop your academic writing skills. In honing your skills, you’ll boost your confidence and be able to focus on your course content to become a motivated and independent learner.
Study Skills – Autumn 2024
Suitable for anyone of any grade interested in or currently undertaking a further education course or simply for own research purposes.
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An introduction to searching healthcare databases for evidence and how to evaluate your findings for research purposes. This session will equip you to use the Discovery Library Service and to find and critique papers suitable for any Evidence based Practice style further education module or for own personal research purposes.
Tea, coffee and biscuits provided.
Sexual Assault Referral Centres – How can we help? – Oct & Nov 2023
patient-facing people trustwide.
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As ambulance professionals, we are likely to meet people that disclose sexual violence/ assault to us. It is important for both short and long-term management and recovery that we handle this well, and that we are aware of the referral pathways available to us. Many people don’t know what Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs) can provide, don’t know how to refer to them and don’t know that the police don’t need to be involved in this process
Info & BookingVolunteer to be a patient for an OSCE with UoC – Bridgewater – multiple dates
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OSCE stands for Objective Structured Clinical Examination. SWAST Students on the BSc paramedic degree apprenticeship programme with the University of Cumbria (UoC) need to complete a level 5 system assessment OSCE and a level 6 patient assessment OSCE.
Volunteering to play the role of a patient is a fantastic opportunity to see an OSCE without being assessed and meet the team! You do not need any prior knowledge or acting experience.
This is a great opportunity for all, but particularly for those who are aspiring to be on the programme and current students. You will also receive a UoC CPD certificate for your participation.
Pre-Hospital PROMPT – Multiple Dates 2023-24
Suitable for Paramedics and Clinicians above this level plus Dip HE students.
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We are delighted to see the return of highly anticipated face-to-face Pre-Hospital PROMPT training day delivered by Pre-Hospital PROMPT trained midwives and LDO’s.
This PROMPT training day includes managing birth complications, haemorrhage and basic new-born resuscitation with some fantastic practical sessions on pregnancy induced hypertension with hands‐on workshops on cord prolapse, vaginal breech and more.
SORT Training 2024/25
Available to SORT trained staff only
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SWAST have a legal responsibility to respond to acts of terrorism and incidents involving chemicals with the intent of saving and preserving life.
Protected: DRAFT ONLY – Commander CPD Development Days 2023 – Multiple Locations & Dates
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Attendance at a Command CPD day is a mandatory requirement for all Trust commanders as outlined within the Trust Command Policy. Following completion of the Trust Command Training you are now required to attend yearly Continual Professional Development Days and also a new additional Operational Commander HTC day
SORT Training Expressions of Interest – All Grades
Available to all operational & bank staff
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Open to all clinical grades and part time and bank staff.
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This course will train you to form part of the specialist assets that respond to these incidents and to support the overall care of casualties in adverse environments whilst utilising safe systems of work which protects you and others.