Mr Patrick McDermott

Whilst registered as a Paramedic and during the course of your employment with Northern Ireland Ambulance Service, on around 3 November 2015 you:

1. Failed to adequately complete one or more of the following observations in relation to Patient T:

a) Blood pressure (“BP”);

b) Heart rate (“HR”); or,

c) Oxygen saturations (“O2 sats”).

2. Recorded the following observations on a Patient Report Form (PRF) for Patient T when you had not in fact completed one or more of them:

a) BP;

b) HR; or

c) O2 sats.

3. Recorded on a PRF that Patient T had a normal sinus rhythm when in fact you had not completed an electrocardiogram.

4. Failed to carry out a pre-hospital electrocardiogram in relation to Patient T.

5. Failed to carry out a blood glucose measurement (BM) in relation to Patient T.

6. Failed to adequately assess and / or manage Patient T’s pain.

7. Failed to appropriately record Patient T’s pain score on the PRF.

8. Failed to perform a second pupillary response test in relation to Patient T.

9. Failed to record a Glasgow Coma Scale (“GCS”) score in relation to Patient T.

10. Inappropriately left Patient T in the care of his relatives for approximately 10 minutes.

11. Your actions at Particulars 2 and / or 3 above were misleading and/or dishonest.

   12. The matters set out at Particulars 1 - 11 above constitute misconduct.