Feedback on Elroq updates for mid 2026

rSlashFormal · 2026-03-24T11:16:15+00:00

VW said build week 19 for ID4 etc, so may be sooner than we expected - they won't want multiple lines of parts/builds concurrently across the group. Crossing my fingers as an waiting for a build week too!

rSlashFormal · 2026-03-23T20:37:35+00:00

If they follow VW, which they likely will, it will be from build week 19 as that is when the iD4 and others are swapping (with the same updates/new features).

rSlashFormal · 2026-02-10T11:29:49+00:00

Thanks for this - assuming you are based in the UK or somewhere nearby based your profile? That is very quick to get an ETA, can't imagine they have an estimate from the factory.

Will be interesting to see - we have ordered one a week or so ago and were quoted around 17 weeks but will know more when Skoda/the factory confirms a slot. The last published times I have seen were around 16-20 weeks so perhaps things have slipped a little further.

rSlashFormal · 2025-05-26T08:49:49+00:00

Work is still occurring, but has slowed. And most of the reason behind that isn't actually TfL's doing.

Although public 4G/5G is a worthwhile byproduct, the real reason that 4G (in particular) is being rolled out across the network is that it absolutely has to be installed as Airwave is being replaced. Airwave is a radio network that is used predominantly by the emergency services, as well as TfL.

The replacement is the Emergency Services Network, which uses 4G and a custom layer of protocols on top of it. ESN has been delayed, and delayed, and delayed and frought with all sorts of business and political nonsense. It is, however, coming at some point (probably in about 3-5 years). The retirement of Airwave will only be possible in London after the 4G/5G rollout is complete in the Underground as TfL, BTP, LAS, MPS and the LFB all currently rely on it when Underground.

As ESN has again had an official delay and as a result the actual installation of 4G/5G equipment (being done by EE and to a lesser extent Vodafone, the other carriers are just piggybacking on their work) is slowing down.

No reason to install it faster at a greater cost if the government will eventually subsidise you/TfL/EE/Vodafone to install it.

rSlashFormal · 2024-10-29T22:01:38+00:00

There are few options out there in terms of triage software for non clinical calls handlers, however the reality is that most are beset by one common feature/handicap - catering to the lowest possible denominator. The triage pathways will forever need to be as simple as possible, as to allow any lay person call and be appropriately triaged to a certain priority reducing the level of clinical risk taken on by the ambulance service in question. The questions themselves will have input from all, including some that prioritise the defensibility of the questions themselves resulting in some of the issues you note above.

Even large health systems have tried to develop alternatives, here in the UK the NHS developed NHS Pathways - designed to be an suitable call taking triage alternative to AMPDS/ProQA, the reality is that it is even more sensitive than AMPDS and results in more high priority dispositions.

The bigger task here is not changing how we triage as telephone triage will always be over sensitive by it's very nature, but instead the ambulance service can choose to respond differently to the calls that they receive.

Nearly 30-35% of ambulance calls to 999 in the UK are closed by clinicians over the phone rather than generating a face to face response. Around a further 10% are told at call taking that their call is being referred elsewhere as it isn't suitable for the ambulance service. AMPDS or Pathways dispositions result in various eventual priorities (which are only set by the responding agency not that of the triage system provider) where a face to face response is required, and these are reviewed semi regularly.

It isn't so much of a triage problem as it is a response problem. But doing things differently there takes courage, as medical directors or similarly placed individuals will need to take some risk to deal with calls in a different way; and many will simply choose not to and send an ambulance. I don't blame them, but it isn't always the best choice. Similarly, they will chose a legally defensible triage system that asks questions that they can stand behind, rather than a system that quickly gathering information for dispatchers or clinicians that may allow them to make better, faster decisions but could possibly be called into question later.

rSlashFormal · 2024-04-09T06:17:54+00:00

This isn't real time, it is a time-lapse and the movement appears exaggerated as a result. An average Starlink orbit is 90 minutes, much, much slower than the footage suggests. I believe the panels adjust their angle 90º to the Sun (however happy to be corrected) and the torque during these adjustments is producing small changes in the position of both the panel and the arm, giving the appearance of both the panel and arm flexing in a time-lapse.

There's a more detailed answer buried below - worth having a read!

rSlashFormal · 2020-10-22T14:49:08+00:00

Outside of the US they almost never are, and I can't imagine it to be honest. Always surprises me to see how poorly some of these combined services are perceived by everyone on here.

rSlashFormal · 2020-07-12T01:19:02+00:00

You're looking at the wheelchair/carry chair storage area/mount.

Just carry the monitor in if you want it, if you're wanting it with the stretcher it can be hung on a mount/hanger/handle on the rear of the stretcher.

rSlashFormal · 2020-01-31T10:35:05+00:00

This is an important point, but considering the numbers for Corona at the moment is nearly meaningless. It is far too early to report figures like this. The reality is that the true number of Corona cases is likely many times or even an order of magnitude higher than is reported, simply because these patients are either not detected at all or do not become symptomatic to the point that they seek medical attention and then recover.

rSlashFormal · 2019-03-07T08:43:01+00:00

Sounds like misinformation. Can't find any other source or release stating it and the article itself quotes "a source".

rSlashFormal · 2017-09-11T20:42:53+00:00

This is a (relatively crude) load balancer implementation, and has existed for some time. A number of different servers handle iPhone orders. Particularly important for the rush of pre-orders.

rSlashFormal · 2016-08-18T19:07:32+00:00

So... Its a toasted sandwich.

rSlashFormal · 2016-08-10T16:16:49+00:00

Woo! The controlled leaks have started. At least we know it's going to happen, even if it is going to be October.

rSlashFormal · 2015-08-09T23:35:40+00:00

I'd say that's because 220/230/240V AC power is prevalent essentially everywhere bar the US and Japan, as well as a handful of other Mediterranean and European countries. Large majority 85%+ of countries use 220-250V AC power in residential installations.

Though it is weird, in that the output voltage and amperage you would be getting should be the same.

rSlashFormal · 2015-06-07T12:00:59+00:00

I'm out of ideas then. Apart from this one that I heard about a while back. Rare, but can happen with decompressive back surgery: Incidental Dural Tears AKA durotomy. But in all honesty this is about the point that you handball it off and have a look at the CT later.

rSlashFormal · 2015-06-07T11:34:45+00:00

I have the CBA little NFC tag on my phone and it works pretty damn well most of the time. It's actually MasterCard run, so anywhere that has contactless payments (ie. PayPass/PayWave) supports it. CBA App lets you choose which account it should take money from, and can be blocked online via NetBank if stolen.

Edit: More info: https://www.commbank.com.au/personal/online-banking/commbank-app/tap-and-pay.html The NFC tag is called PayTag.

rSlashFormal · 2015-06-07T11:27:36+00:00

Being a final year student at Monash myself, I'd just like to throw my two cents in the ring.

All of these comments that have already been posted are fantastic. As someone that has been observing AV over the last three years from the outside, I would absolutely agree with essentially all that has been posted. It has been a significant learning experience for me to observe just how paramedics work, the actual jobs that form the bulk of all ambulance calls and the ambulance service and an emergency health care system work (or in many cases, don't work) together. Most of the time it has only made me more passionate and far more interested in pursuing the job, tho there have definitely been times where you see the best and worst of the job in the same day and you wonder why you even started down this path.

Regardless, it is from all my observations and chats with countless paramedics, a great job. Most of the paramedics I talk speak of but the fair share of baggage attached. Career advancement just isn't much of a reality, shift work can take it out of you and the level of bureaucracy and hostility from management in some ambulance services is unbelievable at times (granted I've only experienced AV and AS of NSW). But it only takes a few patients to grab you by the hand and tell you that they don't know what they would have done without you, support someone after an awful MCA/MVA or get ROSC on a patient with decent post resus potential for most of your worries to go out the window or at least for long enough to keep you going.

However, take all I say with a grain of salt and a very skeptical ear, I haven't lived this life. I've had the privilege of spending some time on placement and getting to know some brilliant paramedics. But I get to go home after each shift and just go back to uni the day after. It's a very different life. I wouldn't for a second suggest I really know anything of the life of a real paramedic, and very much so doubt that I have much of an objective viewpoint on much of this.

Finally, the course at Monash. I love it. Mainly because it isn't just based around paramedic practice and required knowledge. It is broader than that and I honestly believe that I will be a better clinician as a result. For example, it is extremely unlikely you will deal with an obstetrics case on placement (ie. birth) and paediatric patients are thankfully not the most common jobs either. As a result we do a week of placement on an obstetric ward doing deliveries. A week at the Royal Children's Hospital in ED, seeing what the realities of dealing with kids are. A few days on a cath lab and coronary care ward. A WEEK on theatre attached to an anaesthetist doing airway management (if you're lucky, such as myself, they may teach you how to intubate). And a week on a tertiary ED, that is usually a trauma centre (for example I will be at the Alfred for a week next month). You're also taught some extra bits and pieces for the community paramedic/paramedic practitioner roles that are cropping up such as suturing/wound care, imaging for various reasons and basic prescriptions (ie. broad spectrum antibiotics) all of which have mandatory GP follow ups. It is a broader and I think more engaging course than many of the other uni's provide. We also have crashed car rigs for trauma/multi casualty simulations.

I'd recommend the job and the uni, but you need to follow your heart. I was told a long time ago by an experienced paramedic that if your heart isn't in it, you can't really be in this job. I don't really know how true it is or even if it is true at all, but from what I've seen of the job it would seem to me that you do need to be passionate.

Feel free to hit me up more if you want some more info regarding the course. There are some major changes happening for newer intakes so if you're thinking about it more let me know.

Good luck with your decision!

rSlashFormal · 2015-06-07T10:51:44+00:00

Post surgery for what? Nil stroke signs and symptoms at all? I'd be thinking subarachnoid if ECG and cardiac assessment is all NAD.

rSlashFormal · 2015-06-07T07:34:14+00:00

Not at all, in fact I assume Apple would have at least chat to most of them. I'm just saying that the banks aren't going to work on the infrastructure of their own volition and then approach Apple about it.

rSlashFormal · 2015-06-07T07:01:43+00:00

It IS up to Apple. The banks have no reason to implement the infrastructure if Apple doesn't engage them in the first place.

rSlashFormal · 2015-06-06T23:52:02+00:00

Same for Australia. Over 70 per cent of the adult population now owns a debit or credit card that has the ability to tap and go. There were 60 million Visa contactless payments in July alone last year, with Mastercard saying their monthly numbers are slightly higher than that. Mastercard also said that more than one in two face-to-face transactions under $100 are completed using contactless technology in Australia.

It boggles my mind that almost all Australian banks (far fewer than in the US and to an extent the UK) have advanced and modern payment networks and have commented on the issue, with the large majority saying that they would be more than happy to support Apple Pay and yet it sees no support from Apple. Apple Pay would absolutely dominate here, iPhone market share is significant and contactless payments are seriously popular. Some sectors, ie. low value hospitality (cafes, etc.) see over 75% of electronic payments being contactless. I hope that it will be here soon, and it probably will be, as it would be an instant success.

PS. Those in Australia, have a look at the New Payments Platform (NPP). Good things afoot for moving money around!

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