Comments on: Don’t Be A Jerk

By: Favorite EMT Spot Posts | RethinkingEMS

Favorite EMT Spot Posts | RethinkingEMS — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:30:18 +0000

[...] Don’t Be A Jerk [...]

By: Steve Whitehead

Steve Whitehead — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 13:27:28 +0000

@ Scott, Thanks brau. Sometimes someone will say a phrase so rich with meaning that it just resonates with you. That phrase, “Some of us still have a lot of us still in us.” certainly resonated and stayed with me.

@Ckemtp, it’s a mystery. But it isn’t something we need to buy in to. Most of our behaviors and belief systems are learned. So don’t teach it to the next guy coming in the door.

By: Ckemtp - Life Under the Lights

Ckemtp - Life Under the Lights — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:25:58 +0000

Brilliant observation. Just think if every doctor was like “House” and how bad that’d suck. Why do some medics think that just being a nice compassionate person is a sign of naivete’?

By: scotty

scotty — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:56:48 +0000

So true! Some of us still do have a lot of us still in us. Many paramedics profess to be helpful as long as it is a means to their own ends. When things don’t quite suit our means, our own spin on things, offends our own sensibilities or values, we cease being helpful and become less than helpful. I can relate to many of your posts that address professional practice, empathy, attitudes and “the get it” factor…all great stuff.

My 2 cents worth. Many paramedics need a defrag, some need a reboot and some of them need their hard drive wiped. I like Thom Dick’s philosophy. I think most would benefit from his wisdom.