OPINION: Taken by surprise - the rise and rise of paramedicine

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OPINION: Taken by surprise - the rise and rise of paramedicine

By Sean Thompson
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Sean Thompson is an intensive care paramedic with Wellington Free Ambulance and a clinical lecturer on the Bachelor of Health Science (Paramedic) programme at Whitireia Polytechnic. He explains his emerging health profession - paramedics Medicine's art is that of the detective - the investigation of the human mind and body

We gather facts and history. We collect pieces of evidence, working out their meaning. It is then our challenge to apprehend the culprit and arrest th