I tell those EMT’s that want to go to PA school or further education to just skip paramedic school. Go to paramedic school if you want to be a paramedic

“I’m not doing it for the pay, I’m doing it because I love it.”

Being a paramedic puts you in a unique position to save someone’s life in the span of 5 minutes

Eddie took calls personally. He gave every call his everything

Sometimes the patients survive despite all the odds being against them and some die despite all the odds being in their favor

We have to remember to respect the patients that may not have earned it because it speaks more about who we are than who they are

We will always have patients that treat us poorly, but it is more about rising above and detaching

We have the privilege of taking care of people on their worst days

Eddie talks about how EMS caused him to mature quickly 

You will always have to deal with Karens in emergency medicine, you must rise above their bad behavior

Patients deserve our professionalism and respect even when they may not have earned it

Eddie talks about the difference between being in the field as a paramedic and in the ED

Eddie talks about how important it is to treat your patient as a human and not be a robot but be a human yourself

We need to build rapport and trust with our patient in order for them to accept our plan of care

Often the concern is different than the chief complaint

We talk about how certain tasks become second nature and allow you to converse with patients simultaneously 

Humor can really help improve your patients’ care if you can read the room accurately

You don’t have to be an extrovert to be successful in EMS

We talk about how, working in emergency medicine, it can really take all the social energy you have

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