A few months ago I entered the Carol Furber case study competition hosted by the College of Paramedics, the professional body of the UK ambulance service in the UK. It's an excellent organisation that represents and campaigns for the profession. It also runs many extra-cirricular training sessions for ambulance techs, paramedics and students. The case study was limited to 1000 words, and other than the need for it to be reflective, the criteria was relaxed. I entered because I thought I might learn something in the process – for all five placements we go on this year we need to provide a reflection anyway, I could possibly kill two birds with one stone. The deadline was 1700hrs, New Year's Eve. Twenty minutes before, I was still glaring at it, discontent with the product of what was probably a week's solid work, but relieved the ordeal was over. A few months later, the case study had receded to a neglected, dusty shelf somewhere in the vault of my memory. I still took it down and blew on the cover from...
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