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When I first started nursing in an emergency department I was amazed at how we treated injured toddlers.
I’m being a bit liberal with my use of the word ‘toddlers’ here, basically I mean any child between the ages of around 1 to 5 years of age.
I was amazed for a few different reasons – [...]

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I had something rather interesting happen to me this week – I was ramped!
While ramping is not an uncommon process every day in Australia, it is one that usually annoys / frustrates and infuriates ambulance staff more than anyone else.
What is ramping?
From the health and community services union:
“Ramping occurs when patients are forced to [...]