15 Ways to Be an Awesome EMT in 2013

It’s time. The New Year is upon us. I started last year by telling you about 17 Ways to Be an Awesome EMT in 2012. Yes, all of those suggestions still apply. Now, here are 15 more to help you achieve your personal pinnacle of EMS awesomeness in 2013. Don’t try to do all of these tomorrow. Pick one or two that resonate with you and start there. Then come back next month and pick a few more. If you choose to adopt only one of these suggestions for each of the coming months, you’ll be guaranteed a fantastic 2013. (If I’m wrong you can return 2013 for a full and complete refund.) Now let’s get started. 1) Explore Other job Opportunities Even if you aren’t planning on making a career change, knowing what else is available to you is liberating. Often, even when times are good (or worse…just not bad enough) we fail to consider all the other options available to us. This can lead to that stuck feeling. The feeling that we are committed to this one path whether we like it or not. When you open yourself to the possibility of doing other things, it allows you to feel confident that you are doing what you are doing because you want to, not because you have to. You always have choices. A good friend of mine took a year of leave from his EMS job to accept an overseas contract in Afghanistan. Accepting the opportunity (even temporarily) opened his mind to a world he never knew existed. He spent time with a community of temporary contract workers who...
Source: The EMT Spot - Category: Ambulance Crew Authors: Tags: The Big Get It slider Source Type: blogs