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Lisa, Steve
Amen
Jim Kendrick
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Thursday, April 04, 2002 10:11
AM
Subject: Re: Turf battles
that's what being a flight TEAM is all about!!
SUllrich@att.net
wrote:
The
debate that arises from time to time on the web
helps to exemplify the
great thing about our flight
jobs. No matter what experience or
background you bring
to this job, you are now doing a job that is
different
from any job you've held prior and you are exposed to
knew
things everyday. You also have the opportunity to
work with a team
comprised of people from many different
areas of expertise. I would also
add that with proper
flight training and a few flights under your belt,
the
difference between you and your partner's background
should be
invisible when caring for a patient. It is
everyone's responsibility to
share the knowledge they
bring to this job and learn everything they can
in areas
that they are not as strong. If I'm ever lying on the
cot I
don't care what your background is along as
everyone works together and
knows what to do. This is
what makes this job fantastic.
Steve
Ullrich
> >>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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