RTB

North East Ambulance Service
RTB
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    Managing pain within the ambulance service

    14/01/2026 | 17 mins.
    In this special bonus episode, NEAS locality manager Paul Elstob speaks to consultant paramedic Dan Haworth about pain management within the ambulance service.
    In their conversation, Paul and Dan discuss different tools available to NEAS clinicians for assessing pain in different types of patients, the simple actions clinicians can take before reaching for medication and the importance of documentation, not just at an individual level but in highlighting patterns of practice and influencing international best practice.
    If you have any feedback about this episode, or have a suggestion for a future topic to cover, please email [email protected]
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    RTB: Bonus Christmas episode

    25/12/2025 | 5 mins.
    Our guests and hosts throughout the year have been recording some bonus content for you especially for Christmas. 
    In today's special Christmas episode, you can hear Paul Elstob, Fay Ord, Clare Graham, Dan Cooper, Louise Carbado, Kate Rogers, Yvette Campbell, Simon Kelly and James Atkinson talk about their Christmas guilty pleasures.
    If you'd like to get in touch about anything you've heard on RTB, or if you want to suggest a topic for us to cover in a future episode, please email us at [email protected]
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    RTB: Ambulance Service and NHS partners working together for the right patient care

    03/12/2025 | 29 mins.
    In this episode, newly qualified paramedic James Atkinson speaks to consultant paramedic in urgent care, Danielle Clark about how we are working with NHS partners to find the most appropriate care for our patients across the region during the winter period and beyond. 
     
    If you'd like to get in touch about anything you've heard on RTB, or if you want to suggest a topic for us to cover in a future episode, you can email us at [email protected]
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    Evolving clinical practice: maternity tools, paediatrics and prehospital research

    04/09/2025 | 20 mins.
    In this episode, Paul Elstob, locality manager in the south division talks to Dan Haworth, consultant paramedic in emergency care about the changes to clinical practice including the national prehospital maternity decision tool, learning from paediatrics and research. 
    For more information: 
    Maternity Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?si=QnvqHiVNqwvtga25&v=a-iS6as5pJ8&feature=youtu.be  
    Paediatric Resources: https://spottingthesickchild.com/  
    Research Paper Link: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanchi/article/PIIS2352-4642%2825%2900098-7/abstract  
     
    If you'd like to get in touch about anything you've heard on RTB, or if you want to suggest a topic for us to cover in a future episode, you can email us at [email protected]
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    RTB: Supporting the ambulance service and the wider health system at times of pressure

    04/08/2025 | 29 mins.
    In this episode, locality manager Paul Elstob speaks to operational delivery manager Clare Graham about the work going on to support the frontline from behind the scenes within the Operations Co-ordination Centre (OCC).
    If you'd like to get in touch about anything you've heard on RTB, or if you want to suggest a topic for us to cover in a future episode, you can email us at [email protected]

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RTB (Return To Base) is a podcast from North East Ambulance Service. In each episode, operational colleagues from across the service speak to experts within their field to try and answer some of the big questions staff members have about working in the ambulance service, from day-to-day issues like mental health and the importance of speaking up, to big picture ideas like the future of paramedicine.
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