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I just realized how poor my spelling was in the last sentence, my appologies. It was too late to edit so the spelling is fixed in the quote above.
Professionalism - Who's Job Is It Anyway?
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I just realized how poor my spelling was in the last sentence, my appologies. It was too late to edit so the spelling is fixed in the quote above.
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again I completely agree with lucid..... I am seeing a trend develop here...
Bryan to you I say this, I understand you are a "3rd rider" and to others in your corp or squad or what ever you are basically nothing. I look at it like this..... If I am nothing to you then why am I dedicating so much of my time to you..... If my opinion means nothing then what am I doing here.... You spoke of spinelessness (holly crap that doesn't look spelled right) well if you can't muster up the kohones to say something about an appearance then how will you ever be able to say hey that doesn't look right. You are doing that procedure wrong. You just killed that person because you were afraid to get kicked out of your cushy little ride along status because you opened your mouth. suck it up grow a pair and say something. granted don't run up to your chief and say your uniform looks like %&%*#$%% today sir. If nothing else talk to your chief or upper level supervisor and say hey I think we should implement a higher level of dress code on call outs. Work with them.
Bryan to you I say this, I understand you are a "3rd rider" and to others in your corp or squad or what ever you are basically nothing. I look at it like this..... If I am nothing to you then why am I dedicating so much of my time to you..... If my opinion means nothing then what am I doing here.... You spoke of spinelessness (holly crap that doesn't look spelled right) well if you can't muster up the kohones to say something about an appearance then how will you ever be able to say hey that doesn't look right. You are doing that procedure wrong. You just killed that person because you were afraid to get kicked out of your cushy little ride along status because you opened your mouth. suck it up grow a pair and say something. granted don't run up to your chief and say your uniform looks like %&%*#$%% today sir. If nothing else talk to your chief or upper level supervisor and say hey I think we should implement a higher level of dress code on call outs. Work with them.
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It is great to hear of some self regulation when it comes to maintaining a professional appearance. It gives me some encouragement that this industry will not adopt "wife beater" tee shirts as the next form of approved apparel.
Professionalism must begin at the top of the organization. Lead by example as they say. But, EMS is still a long way off in getting the caliber of it's professional appearance and status (I'm speaking nationally now) to a point that would rival other agencies such as law enforcement. And this will have to come from a very aggressive education and promotional campaign to advance such a concept. Yes, I know, I'm still dreaming. But one thing about fire and EMS and that is they like to "keep up with the Joneses".
This will require getting the unions on board as well, which in my experience, the union shops are some of the biggest culprits.
I just wrapped up an article for the July 2008 issue of JEMS and I'm preparing a Marketing article for later this year. I'm interested in hearing how other providers address their appearance, public behavior, patient mannerism, etc. I'll start another thread on that subject, so I don't hijack this one.
Professionalism must begin at the top of the organization. Lead by example as they say. But, EMS is still a long way off in getting the caliber of it's professional appearance and status (I'm speaking nationally now) to a point that would rival other agencies such as law enforcement. And this will have to come from a very aggressive education and promotional campaign to advance such a concept. Yes, I know, I'm still dreaming. But one thing about fire and EMS and that is they like to "keep up with the Joneses".
This will require getting the unions on board as well, which in my experience, the union shops are some of the biggest culprits.
I just wrapped up an article for the July 2008 issue of JEMS and I'm preparing a Marketing article for later this year. I'm interested in hearing how other providers address their appearance, public behavior, patient mannerism, etc. I'll start another thread on that subject, so I don't hijack this one.