Not every call paramedics turn out to result in serious life and death situations. Experience a different side to paramedic emergencies and routine calls. This book is a compilation of first-hand accounts of paramedic-related short stories, without the gory details or betraying confidentiality. It is where the serious nature of paramedic work and people's pain is replaced by laughter - the best medicine of all. Enjoy humorous events involving patients, practical jokes on unsuspecting colleagues, close encounters with wildlife and why paramedics find humour in the most unusual situations.

This open access book provides practical guidance for non-profits and community sector organisations about how to get started with data analytics projects using their own organisations’ datasets and open public data. The book shares best practices on collaborative social data projects and methodology. For researchers, the work offers a playbook for partnering with community organisations in data projects for public good and gives worked examples of projects of various sizes and complexity.

This open access book provides practical guidance for non-profits and community sector organisations about how to get started with data analytics projects using their own organisations’ datasets and open public data. The book shares best practices on collaborative social data projects and methodology. For researchers, the work offers a playbook for partnering with community organisations in data projects for public good and gives worked examples of projects of various sizes and complexity.

In recent decades, governments have promoted social enterprise as a mean to address welfare and tackle disadvantage. Early academic work on social enterprises reflected this development and engaged with their ability to deliver and create jobs, work towards remedial environmental goals and address a range of societal challenges.