To see any of the other paramedic series blogs, refer to the index: A PARAMEDIC LEAD INCIDENT Crime – at the risk of stating the bleeding obvious and in order to get it out of the way, anything that involves criminal offences, attempted criminal offences or causing the immediate apprehension of violence – what we call […]

As I’ve journeyed through understanding just some of the issues around mental ill-health, various kind health and social care professionals have pointed me towards various books to increase my understanding.  As a young PC I really didn’t think very hard about the “validity” or the efficacy of mental health treatments and interventions.  One assumes that […]

The College of Emergency medicine today published a mental health toolkit, to assist acute trusts’ Emergency Departments in understanding the overlaps with mental health and improving liaison psychiatry services for the benefit of us all.  A comparatively short document in an accessible format, I opened it up and searched for the phrase “place of safety” […]