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Coventry University competes in the Student Paramedic International Rally of Emergency Simulations (SPIRES) 2016
In June 2016 two teams of paramedic students from Coventry University competed in the first Student Paramedic International Rally of Emergency Simulation (SPIRES), hosted and organised by the paramedic team at Oxford Brookes University (OBU). The three-day event consisted of an event registration, a day of emergency simulation, a gala meal and award ceremony, and a conference session with keynote speakers from Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Australia, Canada and Turkey. The international rally brought together student paramedics and educators with representation from several Higher Education Institutes (HEI) from across the United Kingdom (UK). Coventry University entered two teams each comprising of three students, with pastoral support provided by a member of the teaching team. Students were at differing levels of undergraduate training; each team was composed of two second year and one first year student. The SPIRES event was foreseen as a platform for student paramedics to learn about pre-hospital care, emergency simulation and compare the differences and similarities of student paramedic practice across the world. This article aims to provide insight into the experience of the Coventry University paramedic team at SPIRES 2016.
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