Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
Feedback is a Balancing Act
George Perry
“He knew that he had screwed up. He wasn’t sure how, but he knew he had. And so as we started talking about it he was very receptive to learn how to fix it.” Instructor George Perry discusses constructive ways to give feedback to students, beginning with a story about a patient who was dropped.
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
NAEMSP Interview:
Physicians Seek Recognition for EMS as Subspecialty of Emergency Medicine
Ted Delbridge, NAEMSP President
As announced in the March 2008 issue of EMS Magazine, the National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP) along with the American College of Emergency Physicians have formally applied to the American Board of Emergency Medicine for EMS to be recognized as a true subspecialty of emergency medicine.
This will be the second appeal in two decades, but the feeling among physicians in the EMS community is that the time is right. EMSResponder.com spoke with NAEMSP president Ted Delbridge to learn more about this effort.
Open Airways: Stories from the back of the ambulance
The Constant Struggle
Rod McGinnes
“You kinda have to build these two complete levels of emotional armor … work is work and home is home, and they just don’t mix too much.” Rod McGinnes discusses the difficulty of maintaining an emotional separation between home life and work as an EMS provider, and how your relationship with your EMS partner plays an important role.
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
Being There
Scott Snyder
“I was ashamed. And from that day on I went out of my way to make sure — whenever I was dealing with someone who in the past I may have said, ‘Well, this is not worth my time as a paramedic; I could be doing something better,” to take a step back and just talk to people and be nice. And realize that, no matter what we get called for, that’s our job and those people are worth our time.” Listen as EMS instructor Scott Snyder relates how he learned the value of every call and every patient.
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