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We meet interesting people in this business. Sometimes they make us think. A few months ago I treated a maître d’fromage —a restaurant’s “cheese whiz,” if I may be un peu grossier . The guy was stable, so we spoke a bit about our respective professions: He described his typical workday, I described my typical workday. He complained about his job market, I complained about our job market. He mentioned his four-year-degree prerequisite…I complained some more about our job...
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Bridge Work

Career advancement shortcuts aren’t right for everyone

Article • June 1st, 2013
A Different Kind of Paramedic

Montana may offer an accreditation alternative.

Article • December 1st, 2012
Plan B

Especially in EMS, nothing lasts forever. What’s next?

Article • October 1st, 2012
Stay Hungry!

What do the best EMS preceptors have in common?

Article • October 1st, 2012
What EMS Providers Can Learn from Stephen Covey

The best-selling author of "7 Habits of Highly Effective People" offered many principles applicable to EMS

Article • August 2nd, 2012
Same Old Same Old

Are you bored?

Article • July 1st, 2012
People Profiles: Letting the Career Choose You

Elliot Carhart was chosen by not one, but two, careers in EMS.

Article • February 9th, 2012
When You Wish Upon A Star

When it comes to career development, don't just wish upon a star

Article • December 1st, 2011
Take Your EMS Career from Good to Great

Having–and putting into effect–a plan B for your career doesn’t mean you have to scrap your plan A.

Article • November 17th, 2011
Point of View: Overcoming the Age Factor

Our EMT programs do a great job giving us experience taking vital signs, obtaining patient history, administering oxygen and immobilizing and packaging people for transport. The one thing they can't give us is what young EMTs need...

Article • August 12th, 2011
Quality Corner--Part 7: CQI as a Career Path

If you are the person who has been promoted, demoted or blackmailed into taking the quality coordinator position, and you are willing to think outside the box, you can dramatically improve the standard of your patient care

Article • June 30th, 2011
What's Your Plan B?

If you were injured and no longer able to work in EMS, what would you do? Having a plan B in place before you need it is just common sense.

Article • June 30th, 2011
Good Help Is Hard to Find: The EMS Workforce Agenda for the Future

The Emergency Medical Services Workforce Agenda for the Future imagines a future "in which all EMS systems have a sufficient number of well educated, adequately prepared, and appropriately credentialed EMS workers who are valued, well compensated...

Article • May 31st, 2011
A Stepping Stone to Standardization

What does medical subspecialty status mean for EMS?

Article • May 1st, 2011
Avoiding the Potholes: Common Mistakes of New Leaders

For many new leaders, surviving the interview process is just the beginning of a sometimes treacherous path to success in a new position.

Article • February 25th, 2011

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