Ambulance Chaser, Driver and friend of the blog Wes Ogilvie has an inspiring post up today I just had to share.
"But if we, those of us who consider ourselves to be 'good' providers, motivated by the right things in emergency medicine, don’t make ourselves available as mentors, resources, or peer support providers, then someone else surely will. These may be the the Low Information Voters who chant the shopworn phrases of low EMS standards." - Wes Ogilvie
Go read the post HERE.
So many folks in EMS focus on patient care, training or licensing.
So many folks in EMS focus on QI, vehicle design or discipline.
But how many are looking around their immediate area:
The driver's seat.
Chances are the biggest positive impact you can make as a Paramedic is to mentor or inspire another provider, starting with the grunt taking you from patient to patient. That person we often think of as simply a means to an end was once us.
Think back to the moment you realized you wanted to be a Paramedic. It wasn't watching Emergency! or Mother, Juggs & Speed, there was someone in the right hand seat that made you want to be better.
I've told you about my inspiration to do better, but instead of thinking back to your own glory day of inspiration, Wes reminds us that we have an obligation to inspire others.
If you don't someone else will and there's a possibility that person believes in EMS Anchor myths of kidnapping, starting large IVs on combative patients, ridiculing the under-served and wants nothing more than to pass along their bad habits.
Perhaps one of the problems in EMS is that we've forgotten to inspire while spending too much time looking backwards?
Not a medic? What about inspiring a young beat cop or firefighter instead of just hoping they run into the right folks in the future?
We are the future we've been waiting for.
-HM
"But if we, those of us who consider ourselves to be 'good' providers, motivated by the right things in emergency medicine, don’t make ourselves available as mentors, resources, or peer support providers, then someone else surely will. These may be the the Low Information Voters who chant the shopworn phrases of low EMS standards." - Wes Ogilvie
Go read the post HERE.
So many folks in EMS focus on patient care, training or licensing.
So many folks in EMS focus on QI, vehicle design or discipline.
But how many are looking around their immediate area:
The driver's seat.
Chances are the biggest positive impact you can make as a Paramedic is to mentor or inspire another provider, starting with the grunt taking you from patient to patient. That person we often think of as simply a means to an end was once us.
Think back to the moment you realized you wanted to be a Paramedic. It wasn't watching Emergency! or Mother, Juggs & Speed, there was someone in the right hand seat that made you want to be better.
I've told you about my inspiration to do better, but instead of thinking back to your own glory day of inspiration, Wes reminds us that we have an obligation to inspire others.
If you don't someone else will and there's a possibility that person believes in EMS Anchor myths of kidnapping, starting large IVs on combative patients, ridiculing the under-served and wants nothing more than to pass along their bad habits.
Perhaps one of the problems in EMS is that we've forgotten to inspire while spending too much time looking backwards?
Not a medic? What about inspiring a young beat cop or firefighter instead of just hoping they run into the right folks in the future?
We are the future we've been waiting for.
-HM
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