Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
The Big Picture
Bruce Evans
“When I walked by this guy this time he was a totally different guy… [He] looked uncomfortable as compared to being the cool, calm and collected talkative guy that we saw and dropped off twenty minutes earlier… I said that is not the same guy we saw twenty minutes ago. Something’s not right here.” In this episode, Bruce about a call that demonstrates the importance of careful assessment.
Bruce Evans is EMS Chief for the City of North Las Vegas Fire Department.
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.
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This ER Doc and you have the kind of relationship that occurs when there is mutual respect between professionals. There are many hospitals in my area that rarely even listen to reports given by medics (any medic) it gives me hope that there is at least one Doc out there with some knowledge of EMS training & capabilities.