Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
Lessons Learned on the Way
Bruce Nepon
“Probably the first, most important lesson I ever learned was that you can be nice and then rude, but you can’t be rude and then nice.” Click to hear Bruce Nepon and Charlie discuss more strategies for lengthening your professional lifespan.
Bruce Nepon is acting chair of the Allied Health Dept. of Delaware Technical and Community College in Dover, Del.
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
Between Two Vehicles
Dilanga Manuweera
“My story would be along the scene safety lines,” Dilanga begins. He recalls an MVA at which one of the drivers became combative. “They were trying to restrain this patient and forgot to turn the ignition off… He took his foot off the brake pedal, jammed on the accelerator and went straight toward the car that I was assessing.” Click to hear the full story.
Dilanga Manuweera is a faculty member at the UCLA Center for Prehospital Care.
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
