"If someone were to sponsor a community paramedic for an hour, that hour allows a patient to not only have an assessment of why their symptoms have changed but also allows that change to be implemented."
Lewis is a part of our bustling community team. Responding to emergencies and making sure people can receive care in a familiar environment.
“My job is probably best described as a jack of all trades with everything hospice care. It's managing crises of symptoms. It's managing the emotional strain end of life care can have on both the patient and their family and making that as comfortable and dignified as possible. I see it as empowering as much as it is easing symptoms.”
“Seeing the improvement in someone's very dramatic symptoms and the effect this has physically and emotionally. For example, really bad nausea or a lot of pain – by being able to ease that symptom you allow the patient to experience other emotions giving them time with loved ones free from pain, away from nausea, away from discomfort.”
“I'd like everyone to know that hospices are not all doom and gloom. It's not all just death and dying. It's about embracing positive moments with patients, with carers, with family. Really, it's about enjoyment of time spent with loved ones.”
