Practical EMS
My mission is to use the stories we all have in emergency medicine to encourage and uplift you where you are. EMT, Paramedic, nurse, PA, NP or physician. Emergency medicine is a very difficult specialty with unique challenges, and it calls us all to be better than the average person in order to stay healthy for our patients, our families and own mental wellness. I want to connect with EMS crews, fire crews, ER RN's, ER techs and new ER advanced practice providers to better understand their current struggles. I also want to bridge the gap between prehospital medicine and the emergency department and to encourage those seeking to become an advanced practice provider. Disclaimer: All Practical EMS content is opinion only. It is unaffiliated with any company or organization and does not represent any company or organization that Aaron currently works for or has worked for in the past. No content should be taken as medical advice.
Practical EMS
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Kelly Grayson is a very experienced paramedic, educator, speaker and author that serves the EMS community.
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How to compartmentalize and do our job without losing our humanity. This is a balance we are all trying to find
Kelly talks about how he had to detach in order to quickly triage on a scene and how this is necessary to do the job a lot of times
Joy and pain are different sides of the same coin; if you insulate from one you deny the enjoyment of the other
If you don’t let the failure to resuscitate a pediatric patient bother you, how can you feel the joy of delivering a baby?
Often we are spending more time with the lowest of society rather than on our own health and well-being
You have to be able to step away from EMS and leave work at work. But we all know this is very difficult. You need to share your feelings with your family. Holding it all inside is not helpful
Kelly talks about how this lack of communication cost him a
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Everything you hear today from myself and my guests is opinion only and doesn’t represent any organizations or companies that any of us are affiliated with. The stories you hear have been modified to protect patient privacy and any resemblance to real individuals is coincidental. This is for educational and entertainment purposes only and should not be taken as medical advice nor used to diagnose any medical or healthcare conditions.