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>>When are these RIDICULOUS
battles going to end?
>>All these ongoing disagreements do is to further degrade our professions collectively. Please forgive me but I
disagree. I don't see these discussions as arguements but more so as
debates. Debates are utilized to provide a forum for both sides of the
story to be heard and considered. I don't see how you can call open
communication about a known problem "rediculous". The RN vs. Paramedic
battle has waged for years and will continue as long as we try to sweep it under
the carpet and act like it's not there. Further more, having this rivalry
smoldering in the back ground will do more to degrade our profession then
openly addressing the issue.
I have a uique perspective on this debat because my
father is a BSN, CFRN. Because of our relationship I have been fortunate
to be able to discuss this issue with him at great lengths with out the "ego
trips" that normally appear in such discussion.
Flight medicine and crtical care
transports didn't create this conflict it just magnifies it. In
this profession RN's and medics work together in a way that is
rarely experienced in any other aspect of health care. If we are
honest with ourselves, we can all say that we gained respect for the
opposite profession after flying with them for a while. We gain this
respect because we didn't have it to begin with. A problem that goes
back to our past experiences working in ER's or on ambulances.
Because of this, we should utilize our relationship to address this
issue, dispell the myth's and educate our college's in the Hospitals and
Ambulances so that future flight teams wont have to follow in our footsteps and
have this same conversation 10 years from now.
Respectfully,
Wesley Copeland
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