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Your welcome. I work in their Global Medical Services area which has been good and I am happy to stay on with them as they are everywhere. The security arm of the business is fairly new, but they provide clients with a range of services from initial and continuous risk/threat assessments...

Have you considered business risk and security consultancy. With your operational and managerial experience I think you would stand out. Especially being bilingual. Look at Drum Cussac and International SOS for starters. It’s a broad field of employment as it covers everything from HE...

Thank you medic99. This is really is a great help and I appreciate you sharing your in depth view, experience and opinions.

I looked at three books we have at work, PHTLS (4th ed), Mosby, ATLS for Doctors, American College of Surgeons – Student Course Manual and ITLS (6th ed), Brady. I can’t find mention of manubrium in any of the text or diagram. The ITLS book refers to the sternum and identifies the Angle...

It’s hard for even ex service people, especially if your not ex SF with recent operational experience. I think some guys in this forum have made a pretty strong argument for that reason. In saying that I know some guys that where pretty average soldiers and one good civvy that ended where...

As mentioned; Mau Thai is a very explosive and aggressive fighting style. From an officer survival and defensive tactics perspective it is strong in the sense that it can regain the initiative very quickly. The down side is that striking can cause injuring to the officer that may further...

Thanks for the advice and direction all. Will look at the other options and revisted the FAST1 and do some more reading. Glad you backed up with some useful info Starlight. Seems too easy to pull the piss on line for people of little or no substance.

Please don’t let one Australian paramedic disillusion you. It’s a great place to live and work with great opportunities. As mentioned some of the states do have recognition of prior learning/experience entry programs. As a product of one of those programs I worked with a few (but not all)...

Continuing Medical Education (CME) Courses here in Asia seem fairly limited. I think that it’s partly due to the role and skill levels of paramedics that differ from western countries. I usually do mainstream courses like ACLS, ATLS (which general participants are issued with a certificate of...

I joined the ambulance service in the belief that I would do good (like most others) and I did. But I become real cynical real quick and often found it hard to keep that cynicism in check; but in saying that I did like working with trainees who are usually eager to try out new skills and pretty...

Thanks guys for advice and recommendations. Starlight… noted. I am a registered paramedic and the first to claim I don’t know everything. However I am a strong supporter of continuous improvement. In the ambulance service where I worked, we where only indicated to gain IO access on...

Have you used a i-gel?..... For where I am working it’s a great bit of kit. Advising non English speaking medical staff (that historically place IV access above airway management) and rescue workers it’s sound and simple (no cuffs to inflate - which can be an added stress or poblematic to...

I recently attended a course where I was introduced to the i-gel. It appeared easier, quicker and more effective than an LMA (I have never been fond of LMA's). I feel the i-gel certainly has a place in pre hospital care and is another valuable airway option. It was interesting to see...

Hi guys. Just wanting some feed back and ideas on IO access. My employer was looking at supplying IO access kits to some remote sites. They where pretty keen to introduce a kit that consited of a drill like device. I recently attended training by a private provider outside the company where I...

Hi mate. I worked in the Queensland Ambulance Service for 7 years. The service actively recruits experienced staff to fill staff shortages and save training dollars from the UK. Paramedics are their target recruitment group, but they are short and if you are willing to go somewhere remote that...

I can’t speak about working or registering in the UK, as I was a Paramedic working in Australia where a national registration run be a government body does not exist I now work in Asia, mostly China at remote sites. I discovered the Australasian Registry of Emergency Technicians (AREMT)...

Suggested introduction template is below Q. Do you represent a company? A. No Q. What area's in the Security Industry are you interested in? A. Medical Support Q. What do you hope to get from the forum? A.. Looking to make contact with people who have similar interests to discuss...