The live virtual placement experience

The authors presented the live virtual placement experience project that is ongoing at the University of Cumbria

How to conduct case study research: From a dark place to a blue space: a case study of two swimmers’ journeys from acute mental ill-health to a more positive future

Dr Mark Christie, Kathleen Wootton, Mark Marsland and Dr David Elliott presented this online research seminar for the Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) Network. The seminar focused upon how to conduct case study research, and used Mark's and Dave's study 'From a dark place to a blue space' as an exemplar. The study charted two individuals who had previously attempted suicide and their journey through open water swimming to now becoming health advocates in their respective communities. Mark is now a wellbeing coach, book author and runs his own 'Cold Water Warriors' swimming group; whilst Kathleen is undertaking a PhD in Health Promotion and has been featured in an award-winning short animation shown across the several countries at film festivals (including at the Kendal Mountain Festival) of her open water swimming journey. Both co-presented on the day to explain their role in the study and the impact of swimming on their lives. Part of the Cumberland HDRC Network's Bite-sized REEL Time PLUS (BRT+) webinar series, the aim of which is to empower community groups to contribute to research within Cumberland to enhance service provision across the county. Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaboration (HDRC) will help us better understand the health issues in our area. The Cumberland HDRC project is funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR)

A natural education: children’s literature and the evolving cultural landscape of the Lake District

Dr Bradshaw discussed the development of holiday adventure stories for children with a Cumbrian setting from the 19th to the 21st century. The talk began with a discussion of Milly & Olly, or, A Holiday Among the Mountains by Mrs Humphrey Ward – the first children’s holiday adventure story set in the Lake District – and it finished with a discussion of Danny Rurlander’s Spylark, published in 2019, in which the main child character explores the landscape of the Lakes via his drone. Within the paper, Dr Bradshaw looked at the impact of changing contexts, including new technologies, on the development of this genre and reflected on how the texts themselves contribute to our understanding of the Lakes as an evolving Cultural Landscape

Webinar: Chronic Pain: The fear and joy of moving

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Badlands : Range Wars

The Drygulch gang of orphans and runaways have been thrown out of their shack with nowhere to go. When they hear of settlers looking for cowhands they take the work – but it soon becomes clear that someone doesn’t want to share the open range. And they’re ready to kill for it

Ready or not? A phenomenographic multistakeholder analysis of apprentice paramedics’ preparedness for practice

“...there is no system-wide agreed definition of what it means to be a graduate paramedic who is prepared to practice” (Reid et al., 2019, p2). Background: Participation in undergraduate paramedicine education by existing unregistered ambulance service staff is increasing exponentially, particularly with the 2018 introduction of the Paramedic Apprenticeship Standard. The primary purpose of undergraduate paramedic programmes of study is to prepare graduates for practice as Health and Care Professions Council registrants. However, there remains limited literature relating to preparedness to practice in the context of paramedic degree apprenticeships

Terror attacks: are risks greater for patients or first responders? An apprentice dissertation

Background: Terror attacks have a significant impact on first responders’ wellbeing, with an associated risk of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. Aims: To improve our understanding of the impact on paramedics’ mental health who respond to real-life terror attacks. Methodology: A literature search was carried out on databases using the PRISMA strategy. Critical appraisal tools were utilised alongside a simple thematic analysis to appraise and synthesis the literature. Findings: Ten papers were identified with two main themes. (1) ‘Level of Exposure’: increases responder’s risk of developing PTSD and poor psychopathology. (2) ‘Lack of Preparedness’: unfamiliar tasks, working outside scope of practice and lack of psychological impact education increased risks to responders’. Conclusion: To deploy paramedics into terror attack warm zones policy needs to consider the associated psychological risk. Training should incorporate individual stress management techniques and education on the extreme emotions paramedics may experience. However, more research specifically with the paramedic population is required

The wobbly jelly joke book

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