Advanced Paramedic Practitioners (Critical Care) in London with Mark Faulkner

This is a wide ranging conversation with Mark Faulkner - the
clinical development manager for critical care (advanced
practice) within the London Ambulance Service NHS Trust, Mark is
also the clinical advisor for Major Trauma within the LAS and as
such sits on the Pan London Trauma Steering Group, as well as
number of national trauma groups. In this episode we examine a
variety of topics that encompass decision making, experience
& empirical background, additional clinical interventions,
leadership & non-technical skills and support/pastoral
functionalities of advanced practice.


We discuss:


Overview of the APPCC Scheme

The patient target group & demographics

Added value of interventions Vs decision making.

Training, quality assurance and quality improvement within
the scheme.

First line staff engagement – who sees these groups of
patients first

Innovations that the scheme has just embedding and medium to
long-term innovations that have improved the program

Non-technical aspects of care Vs technical skills &
utilisation rates

Incremental gains when orchestrating flash teams

Personal learnings over the last >6 years



I hope you enjoy the episode