JellyBean 040 with a man called Rusty

Sometimes Jellybeans are very bloody serious. I am a big supporter of paramedics. BIG. They do a difficult job in an unpredictable environment. Bad things can happen. Bad things do happen. Let me introduce Rusty; a brave paramedic that has something important to say. It is relevant to us all. Expect the unexpected in this Brave Jellybean recorded at SMACC in Dublin. There are so many different types of bravery. Big and obvious or small and subtle. Different flavours. Different arenas. This is one for the Paramedics, the EMS Providers and everyone else in critical care too. Rusty and I talk about that curious and sometimes frightening experience that paramedics go through when they step into a scene. We talk about training for that experience and indeed training for multiple complex tasks. Next thing you know we are stealing stuff. All sorts of stuff. We are stealing from Ferrari and from Sir Bradley Wiggins. (Sort of.) After a little kleptomania we demystify something called #EMSWolfpack on Twitter which turns out to be a lot fluffier than I suspected. @ParamedRusty is a brave man. He is a paramedic. A team leader. A leader of women and men. A leader in Education. He is also a leader in another way. An example to us all. He is on a personal mission to force us to think more about a distressing elephant at your pre-hospital scene, in your ambulance or in your Resus Room. A nightmare scenario. Rusty has Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. He got it because of his work, he is still...
Source: Life in the Fast Lane - Category: Emergency Medicine Authors: Tags: JellyBean Kate Granger Paramedic PTSD Rusty Source Type: blogs