WHAT IS PARASOC?
ParaSoc ARU is a society based at Anglia Ruskin University Chelmsford. It aims to benefit Student Paramedics and other university students interested in pre-hospital and emergency medicine (PHEM).
ParaSoc aims to expand and enhance students' knowledge through a combination of educational and social events throughout the year. We try to build on topics covered throughout the standard university course and introduce new topics and opportunities that are not normally available to students! To keep up to date about all of our events, make sure you follow us on our social media pages! Have a read about the sort of stuff we'll be getting up to this year!
We run a large number of skills sessions to support students through OSCE/OSPEs including mock exams!
GUEST SPEAKERS!
We're really excited at the range of guest speakers we're hoping to have in this year! Although not all of these guest speakers are confirmed, this gives you an idea of the sort of topics that you can expect!
- Discussions will be held regarding scene safety, mechanisms of injury, and dealing with difficult situations.
- What do critical care resources bring to the scene?
- What is it like working as a newly qualified paramedic?
- How to deal with maternal emergencies.
- What can HART bring to the scene?
- Working in different areas such as the coastguard and mountain rescue.
PRE HOSPITAL REFLECTIVE FORUM!
The PRF will be a student led forum discussing all the topics that we feel are really important but aren't necessarily covered as part of the standard curriculum, or are topics that we feel could be expanded on outside of the time restraints of a lecture. We want to make sure that all students, regardless of study year, can participate and engage with the discussion topics. We're always open to suggestion to new topics of discussion!
So how does it work? Each PRF meeting will be slightly different from previous years, students will be able to come and present their past experiences from placement and have questions asked. This will be a way to discuss different ideas regarding patient care. We are hoping to get some lecturers in to discuss their experiences as well.
FUNDRASING!
Each year the society hosts a 24 hour CPR marathon in aid of charity! The idea came from the world restart a heart day in October, aimed at teaching the public about the importance of CPR, why not make it a sponsored event and raise some money for a charitable cause as well?! This has become a long standing society tradition and over the years ParaSoc has proudly raised thousands of pounds for various charities!
This year we are raising money for The Ambulance Staff charity (TASC) who support the wellbeing of ambulance staff- you can read more here https://www.theasc.org.uk/what-we-do/
This years CPR marathon is schedules for the 12th of November- More details to be released soon........
SOCIAL EVENTS!
We're all students and who doesn't love a good night out! We'll be sure to put on some good social events throughout the year, its a good opportunity not only to let your hair down and de-stress but also to socialised with students from other year groups! ParaSoc always aims at providing our members with free entry to our social events.
Join our WhatsApp group for more details!
MERCHANDISE!
Merchandise will come on sale at some point soon! Please keep an eye out.
HOW DO YOU JOIN?
Follow the link on the Students Union ParaSoc (Chelmsford) page for the one-off yearly payment of £5.00, this gives you free access to all of our social events, Guest Speakers and PDF sessions. Whilst we always aim to make events free to members, some events such as incident and scenario days may require a small fee to cover the full cost. All merchandise etc will come at an additional fee.
CONTACT US...
Facebook: ParaSoc – ARU Chelmsford
Instagram: @aru_parasoc
Email: aruparamedicsociety@gmail.com
Contact committee members via WhatsApp or Instagram messenger.
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