Re: Turf battles

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>From: "Joel Hochhalter"

>Reply-To: flightmed@flightweb.com

>To:

>Subject: Re: Turf battles

>Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2002 11:26:55 -0700

>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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