A Day in the Life of a Paramedic

Dramatic 4-minute documentary demonstrating the hard work done by the London Ambulance Service on an everyday basis.

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• London
• Ambulance
• Paramedic
• Emergency

[antmeup]

i watched thisa im 16 and want to become a paremedic for the same reasons as you :) im not so sure what courses i need to so but ive applyed for stroud college to do lvl 3 uniformed services ( public surfecs) which is for 2 years but im doing first ad cose at st johns lol do you have any advice on what i need to do to become a paremedic :) thanks antonia

[Prittlelincess]

@antmeup

Dear Antonia,

unfortunately I am only the Producer/Director of this video and not a paramedic myself. I suggest you specifically ask some of the people on this comment page as there seem to be a lot of experienced professionals commenting on this. Good luck.

[48alfaone]

Roll on code 3 my brother, good job!

[jalen77232]

hi im 15 and live in canada and want to become a paramedic. i have started to read first aid books and was wondering what courses do i need to take?? any help would be great thanks

[PrincessSquig]

@antmeup the best thing you can do is join st johns or the red cross for experience which is as important as the qualifications you will get. I did an Access to HE diploma but I think you have to be 18 to do that. You can do A levels in something like health and social care and biology and I've heard they are now doing apprenticeship in care if you are 16-18. Try and get a part time job in a caring environment which may be hard at 16? and try and do as many placements as you can!

[Chinamenrock]

@antmeup I've got some advice; learn to spell, and get yourself to University :)

[Williams2oo9]

@antmeup - Try the college method (not public services route) you will have better chances either completing a BTEC diploma in Health & Social Care then onto the university course Ambulance Technician. Ofcourse it is very difficult to get onto the ambulance service. youre best option is to aim high (Distinctions in your college coursework) and keep up the St John Ambulance. Take any event that you can get a hold of even the silly little ones they all build up.

[DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY]

@m2inla I dont live in Des Moines nor have I ever gotten a traffic ticket nor have I ever been on meth you stupid fuck.

[m2inla]

i dont believe you grew up in a "rough" area for one second...

i also think your anecdotal cases of paramedics running into a violent scene to rush to a patient means you watch too much tv.

because in real life, we dont want to get murdered while doing our job.

a paramedic running to every violent scene may seem like a reasonable outcome for someone from nebraska who is a fan of rambo movies and think the good guys win every time, but its not my reality. it might work for you in mayberry

[m2inla]

@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY ok so you live in a town that actually has police now?

sorry for the burden that you bear.

did you get a ticket when you were weaving through traffic one day when most people are going home from work? you were probably racing through town trying to get some more meth.

the des moines pd dont play, gangsta!!

hahaha

[DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY]

@m2inla Learn to read. I said I LIVED not LIVE in a town without cops. The town I LIVED in without cops was quiet. The biggest thing you had to worry about was stupid kids being out after curfew and the cops from the other town always caught them and it was always a big news write up in the paper like they committed murder. It was kind of sad.

[m2inla]

@DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY wow, thats big time. you live in a town without cops and you hate cops? id be scared to go onto your neighborhood, except, i already live and work in a city that has more than 400 shootings, per year, on average. and i still think our police departmant is outstanding.

[DEADCOPSMAKEMEHAPPY]

@m2inla First I am from Oklahoma now I am from a trailer park. Which is it? I actually lived in a town without cops. The cops that patrolled the area were from another town.