Fresh blood

March 19, 2008 on 11:19 pm | In General | |

So yesterday I was around for the Applicant’s day again. I think it was a bit busier than last year, but doesn’t really compare to the Open Days which are far busier. Managed to get a couple of people around for tours, hopefully they helped some people make their mind up about where to go. Someone had heard of this blog, which is quite interesting to me as it gives me an idea of who’s reading.

We also talked to the admissions secretary about a certain admissions forum which she wasn’t even aware existed. She was googling her name when she found it, so we started discussing certain cases. So I can almost certainly say that Uni staff are aware of what’s going on online.

Perhaps more relevant was a general discussion about immediate/pre-hospital care I had with a 3rd year who’s quite interested in the topic (and a BRC first aider, and a phlebotomist…) as well as a paramedic/ALS trainer. I have a view that there will be a change in immediate care in the future where a greater number of doctors will be involved in pre-hospital medicine, similar to a recommendation I read today (as opposed to revising) in a report. Neither of my colleagues agreed, the paramedic keen to get out of pre-hospital care and the 3rd year considering moving to somewhere with a greater emphasis on the topic.

Following on the subject we had a practice drill for our annual inspection next week at training. I personally find it both embarrassing and highly amusing at the same time. To make volunteers parade in a military drill so their uniform can be inspected is a bit over the top if you ask me. Fair enough, if people turn up on duty without reasonable uniform, deal with it, but lets get out of the military eh? That’s great in theory but when our inspecting officer and chief are all from a military background, it’s not happening any time soon.

I’m not looking forward to the inspection, but anything could happen.