Life as a London HEMS Paramedic in 2024 with Kerien Rodwell

In this episode we are speaking with London HEMS Paramedic Keiren
Rodwell. We dig into Keiren's background from working as a
paramedic student in New South Wales, to working for the London
Ambulance Service LAS in north east London. Keiren joined London
Ambulance Service straight out of university in February 2018. We
speak about the death of two of Keiren’s extended family whilst
protecting their family from the wild fires in Australia. We dig
into what a typical day looks like in London's Air Ambulance
(LAA) and also Kerien's journey to this point. We also examine
the fundamental differences between pre-hospital care in
Australia to the UK.


Around 25 per cent of LAS paramedics are Australian. The Service
first began a recruitment campaign to attract Australian
paramedics in 2014. At the time a national shortage of paramedics
in the UK meant that the LAS looked to Australia because
alignment of skills and training to UK practice.





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