Matt Reid
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
Our paramedics do a Bachelor of Science degree through our own college in Tala linked to University College in Cork.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
I think it's effectively a four-year degree condensed into three.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
They have 34 drugs
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
compared to when I started, I had two.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
I'm an advanced paramedic.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
I have 57 drugs.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
We bring the... Oh, Stephen, we lost you again.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
Yeah, I am.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
Sorry, I am travelling, so the coverage is probably bad.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
Seven kilometres, seven minutes.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
Okay, okay.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
But the point is we bring the hospital to the patient.
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"I'm actually doing this interview from the back of an ambulance"
We make significant interventions, clinical decisions, administer an array of drugs and we make a difference to the patient's condition before we then travel to hospital.