Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
Active vs. Passive Assumptions
Chris LeBaudour
“When you make an active assumption it requires work, it requires action. Human nature is generally a passive approach… Eventually, passive assumptions slip in… It’s a very dangerous period in an EMS person’s career. It’s a very dangerous period.”
Click to listen as Chris LeBaudour explains why some assumptions are better than others.
Chris LeBaudour is an EMS instructor and a prolific writer with several major EMS publications on the market. He is a faculty member in the Department of Public Safety, EMS Division at Santa Rosa Junior College in California, and he is also the Director of Communications for REACH Air Medical Services, an air ambulance provider in the northwest.
Open Airways is a project to capture an oral history for the benefit of the EMS Community. EMS responders share some of the most meaningful cases of their careers, sometimes with humor and always with compassion. We hope that they will help us improve your practice and inspire a new generation of caregivers.
This series is produced by FISDAP with the support of EMSResponder.com. Listen to the latest features here and look for the series archive at openairways.net.
To share your most meaningful case and the lesson it taught you, call FISDAP Open Airways at 1.651.314.7424
Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
The “Most Craziest Run”
Dave Long
“My partner Tom and I had gotten a call to a patient who was suffering from a stroke…” This ordinary beginning led to a chaotic night! Click to hear Dave Long share his “most craziest run.”
Dave Long is a paramedic and nurse at North Memorial Medical Center’s EMS Education Department in Minneapolis, MN, as well as a national EMS educator/speaker and contributor to EMSResponder.com.
Open Airways is a project to capture an oral history for the benefit of the EMS Community. EMS responders share some of the most meaningful cases of their careers, sometimes with humor and always with compassion. We hope that they will help us improve your practice and inspire a new generation of caregivers.
This series is produced by FISDAP with the support of EMSResponder.com. Listen to the latest features here and look for the series archive at openairways.net.
To share your most meaningful case and the lesson it taught you, call FISDAP Open Airways at 1.651.314.7424