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Into the Water — The Clinical Clerkships — NEJM Something that I have a hard time with and work equally hard at is understanding that I think, I make the world around me. I get so focused on trying to be "the best I can be" and all the silly ideas that come with that. I focus on the best I can be, which turns into just focusing on me, which turns into not thinking outside my own head. So it's good to hear I'm not alone in that thought. It's better to know that I can change it. I hope that as my education and understanding of the world around me gets better I'll remember to think more. Now I've been in EMS for 2 years, which is a small chunk of time in the scheme of things but I do understand how the clinical clerkship can affect providers. Tuesday night I had an elderly lady with chest pain. A man in his 50s who was having a STEMI.  98% occlusions of the circumflex was the cath lab report when we got back. A post arrest, vented Pt who was bucking the ...

Vark Learning tool Visual: 4 Aural: 12 Read/Write: 4 Kinesthetic: 14 The VARK very accurately describes my personal learning style. I have always learned best by doing. I have to actually manipulate and try things to do them to the best of my abilities. I also enjoy and do well with lecturing. I enjoy listening and talking to people. I am indifferent to visual aid and power points, I see them more as a reminder of what a good lecturer should be talking about. I also dislike just reading text. I understand it’s importance and do it willingly, but it’s a slow process for me and I often get distracted multiple times a page. With lecturing I am going to use my visual, aural, and more than likely reading/writing. Luckily my Aural skills are better and that makes me a good student for listening to lecture. Hands on learning happens to be my forte. I do very well working with people and practicing skills, I learn by doing very quickly and have a much higher retention ra...

** Please comment and let me know your thoughts, if I'm wrong I want to learn why and how to be better** Roles & Responsibilities My three good qualities are preparation, response, and return to service. The only one I would say I’m strong in is Preparation. My thought process is that every call is critical until proven otherwise. I know this isn’t entirely true, but It’s much easier to motivate myself to check every nook and cranny of the truck and house bag if I think I’m going to work a code. I always find question to ask the medics I work with about calls I’ve done or stories I’ve heard. I read and listen to people like EMCrit to try and learn more about medicine and hope I get something I can use in my daily assessments and treatments of my patients. I feel my response is good, I’m almost always in the truck first. I drive to every call as quickly as I safely can with regard to traffic, road conditions, and weather. At the end of every call I work hard to get my t...

** Please comment and let me know your thoughts, if I'm wrong I want to learn why and how to be better** What Does Professional Mean to you? professionalism: Possessing the required abilities, knowledge, and self-discipline to effectively perform a specialized action or work. As a paramedic I have to be able to quickly and accurately assess and treat a Patient. Not only do I need the knowledge and physical ability to do the work, but I need to have the self-discipline to do it appropriately, effectively, and compassionately. Because our work is so publicly available it is essential that we show ourselves in a confident, competent manner. If my patient doesn't think I’m competent because I lacked the self-discipline to tuck my shirt in and fix my hair at O’dark thirty they won’t be as receptive to my assessment or treatments. As someone who doesn't have a lot of volunteer experience I have mixed thoughts of “professional” volunteers. On the first day of orientation at ...