What do Paramedics do when they're pregnant?

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Just wondering really, from what I understand police/ firefighters are put on light duties at some point (although curious about at what point for first responders) but what can a Paramedic do that'd be 'light'? They can't be expected to be say 6-8mths pregnant before going on mat leave and attending calls involving drunk/ potentially violent/ elderly falls/ car accidents that require leaning into a car etc surely?
It's just a random musing but I'd be interested if anyone could enlighten me!

Probably control room duties. Paramedics sit with the call assessors each shift to provide help and guidance to them.

Not sure but I'm a staff nurse on a busy ward and still do pretty much the same duties (currently 26 weeks) I go on mat leave at 35 weeks. They tell me to sit down every now and then but there's not always an option when visitors are asking you to do thi gs and for some reason it's more the visitors than patients who ask for trivial things like they don't like seeing you sat down

Look I hadn't thought of that- I hope that's where they go!

They are "off the road" relatively early in pregnancy. There's a surprising amount of light duties.eg. teaching trainees, auditing documents, stock ordering etc

Firsttime I have friends who are nurses who were put on lighter duties, not on the A&E wards as such but specialists. It is terrible if you have to carry on with very long shifts and the amount of manual work you must have to do.
I assume if you have a volatile/ falling about all over the place patient though you'd have back up in a hospital based setting? But a Paramedic would be one of 2 and could be dealing with someone with very little backup? I hope you do get support, my closest colleagues are HCA's and it's been very hit and miss as to the support they get, none of them have been pregnant whilst working alongside me (and we're in a paeds setting anyway).

My dds friend did patient transport but i dont know how long for.

Yes, they go off road, pretty much as soon as they tell their employer, and work from HQ or the control room. I’ve heard acquaintances delay telling the ambulance service for as long as practically possible so that they’re not immediately taken off the road as they prefer to be out doing their actual job.

50shades thanks, they are supportive but we have staffing issues a lot, I think this is everywhere atm though. They help as much as they can but some duties can't be taken over by other staff, unless another nurse has spare time which is rare. My team are pretty good it's just these things can't always be controlled. I may have to go on lighter duties soon though as I'm already massive from water retention!

Off road early on.

I'm a cop and we're also restricted as soon as we tell our line managers. I begged to be allowed out for a bit longer but my sarge told me exposure to CS can cause foetal abnormalities (?) so I had to lump it.
I hated my first pregnancy because I was a response officer and there is very little to do. I wasn't allowed to leave the nick iirc, I was tremendously bored and just hated it.
My second was much better as I was in a non-uniformed office based role and could continue to leave the nick, take statements, just do more.

Am amazed nurses have to continue to work full roles up to 36 weeks!