Ever have to put someone you work with in their place?
I sometimes have to partner with an EMR (EMT in US) that is incompetent. I've had to report her 3 times to our unit chief now and I hate that I seem to be the only one doing it. I've heard that others have their issues with her as well, and I KNOW fire rescue hates her, but I seem to be the only one doing anything about it.
The first time I tried to talk to her about how she really messed up a trauma call in an open and understanding way, but she thinks she's hot :censored::censored::censored::censored:e and she argued with me about the whole thing. I spoke to my U/C about the call and she agreed that it was messed up and she would work with this EMR to come up to speed. But it only continues....I stopped trying after that first call to help her since she won't listen and just gets defensive. Besides, it isn't my place to re-educate my peers.
It's hard to do because I don't want to sound like a whiny snitch, but I can't stand her making huge mistakes that can be very harmful to my patients (we've been lucky she hasn't) so I don't feel I have a lot of choice. I'm a little dismayed that others are just looking the other way too.
My U/C is awesome and she's assured me that she is now going to deal with this situation one way or the other.
However, I know that I'm going to look like a whistle-blower to my peers and they are going to be hesitant to work with me for fear I'll write them up for making little mistakes....and we all know that in the world of emergency response, little mistakes happen on nearly every call. I don't care about those as long as I know my partners are doing what they were taught or know best....it's the negligent mistakes that bother me, and the people that won't accept help or advice on improving themselves.
I had to go through a lot of critism and advice to get to where I am, and I will get more as I go....so why should I have to allow someone else to work under my medical license that won't do the same because they aren't in school anymore?
I sometimes have to partner with an EMR (EMT in US) that is incompetent. I've had to report her 3 times to our unit chief now and I hate that I seem to be the only one doing it. I've heard that others have their issues with her as well, and I KNOW fire rescue hates her, but I seem to be the only one doing anything about it.
The first time I tried to talk to her about how she really messed up a trauma call in an open and understanding way, but she thinks she's hot :censored::censored::censored::censored:e and she argued with me about the whole thing. I spoke to my U/C about the call and she agreed that it was messed up and she would work with this EMR to come up to speed. But it only continues....I stopped trying after that first call to help her since she won't listen and just gets defensive. Besides, it isn't my place to re-educate my peers.
It's hard to do because I don't want to sound like a whiny snitch, but I can't stand her making huge mistakes that can be very harmful to my patients (we've been lucky she hasn't) so I don't feel I have a lot of choice. I'm a little dismayed that others are just looking the other way too.
My U/C is awesome and she's assured me that she is now going to deal with this situation one way or the other.
However, I know that I'm going to look like a whistle-blower to my peers and they are going to be hesitant to work with me for fear I'll write them up for making little mistakes....and we all know that in the world of emergency response, little mistakes happen on nearly every call. I don't care about those as long as I know my partners are doing what they were taught or know best....it's the negligent mistakes that bother me, and the people that won't accept help or advice on improving themselves.
I had to go through a lot of critism and advice to get to where I am, and I will get more as I go....so why should I have to allow someone else to work under my medical license that won't do the same because they aren't in school anymore?