Re: Turf battles

["Joel Hochhalter" <JHochhalter@salud.unm.edu>]

I see and hear (within our service and others) the discussions that
occur on this site daily.  Air transport is truly a unique profession, 
Ground EMS is a unique profession, critical care, hospital or transport,
is a unique profession. Making administration, family etc understand is
very difficult but it does not grind to a halt the job YOU do.  With
that in mind, look at the person next to you, be it in an airplane,
helicopter, ICU, ER, or ground ambulance.  Alphabet soup aside your
partner is your back-up as you are for them.  Is there a level of trust,
is there a level of respect, do you look at their face or their
credentials on the name tag.  Do you see that person for the quality and
talent they bring to your team and this profession or do you see the
alphabet soup following their name.  Does anyone of us know it all or
have the answers to all the different and ugly things we see daily. 
When your partner is having a difficult time with a problematic patient
do you sit back and watch, say jeez,  if you were only as good as I, if
you only had my credentials, if you just listened to me you would not be
in the situation you are in now; or do you jump in and give a helping
hand, work together, or do you stand your ground and say "move aside and
let the expert handle this one".  If that is your attitude,
well.....enough said.  I have included a Code of Ethics adopted by our
FLIGHT TEAM below. jdh  



·	BE SAFE

·	DO WHAT IS BEST FOR YOUR PATIENT

·	DO WHAT IS BEST FOR THE CRITICAL CARE TRANSPORT SYSTEM

·	BE HONEST

·	RESPECT AND HELP OTHERS

·	WORK HARD

·	HAVE FUN

·	ADVANCE YOUR PROFESSION AND YOURSELF

·	WORK FOR FAIR COMPENSATION

·	DOCUMENT YOUR EFFORTS TO HELP YOUR PATIENT, YOURSELF AND YOUR
PROFESSION

·	BE COOPERATIVE

·	BEHAVE PROPERLY



>>> jim.kendrick@worldnet.att.net 04/04/02 10:45AM >>>
Lisa, Steve

Amen

Jim Kendrick
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Lisa Heinz 
  To: flightmed@flightweb.com 
  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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