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You Either Want To Be Loved… Or You Want To Lead
Not everyone is going to like you. Not everyone is going to agree with your approach. They’re going to complain about your tone of voice.…
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Practical Insights on Prehospital Care, Resuscitation, and Operational Leadership
Ordinary Ops Medic offers an unfiltered look at the realities of emergency and critical care medicine. With straightforward insights into the challenges of prehospital care, leadership in tough situations, and training that actually works, it’s written for those who want to be better at what they do—not just in theory, but in practice. If you’re looking for honest perspectives and practical advice to refine your skills and grow as a provider, this blog is worth your time.
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Less is More
318 slides. 3.1.8. Slides… that is what the publisher created for us to use as the lecture slide deck for one of the book chapters…
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Change Something…
“If you miss on the first attempt, change something.” Sometimes, in spite of our best efforts to achieve first pass success in intubation, our first…
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Outcome or Performance
A few years ago I ran across this video (attached at the end) from Pat MacNamara, a former SOF operator and instructor. In this video…
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Attention to Detail and Taking Pride In What You Do
My father was a paramedic and a firefighter. Looking back I can remember watching him pull out his boots and a box of boot polish…
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1 Year of Ordinary Ops
Has it really been a year already? 1 year and 42 posts later. This has been a massive opportunity for me to share some lessons…
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5 Minute Preceptor: CHF or COPD
Here is a common problem that your new kid will have difficulty with. Heart Failure (HF) vs. COPD in the patient with respiratory distress. It…
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Mise En Place
Have you ever seen an expert chef’s kitchen? Everything is in its place… and they definitely do not want you fooling with anything. How about…
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4 New Ways to View Performance as an FTO
As preceptors/FTOs we are usually charged with evaluating a new person’s performance, and we in most cases assign some grade or number to a trainee’s…
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The Mindset Shift That Will Supercharge Your Leadership Skills
Washington on the delaware imagery Philosophy of Leadership Leadership is not just something that happens at the top tiers of an organization. The people at…
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Training for Potential
Training is leadership… period. It does not matter what the title says, the actions of an educator are the very definition of leadership. Even the…
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Stop and Think: Tube Confirmation
Over the years I have come to understand that there are a few phrases that should make you STOP and THINK before you do anything…