One way to teach higher cognitive concepts is to get student's reactions to stories in the media. This story from Mississippi would do the trick very well:
Mississippi Council Members Believes EMT Must Risk Lives
This obviously flies in the face of everything we teach in EMS. The EMTs staged away from a shooting scene where it was safe. If you put this article on the screen in class, gave it as a handout or posted it online for discussion your students would have to agree or disagree (remember "defend" is high-level cognitive verb).
You might use this when you teach well-being and scene safety or hand it out later in the class to open student's minds for a review of the scene size-up. Remember to use these as accents--not the main part of the lesson. Don't over do it--and always make them relevant.
I hope you all have a great weekend. I'll be posting handouts for next week by Monday. Be sure to check back.
Dan
Interesting article. I question whether the councilman has an ulterior motive (ie. terminating a contract). I find it hard to believe any EMS agency would require their providers to risk their lives to care for a patient. EMS providers regularly place themslves at risk when caring for individuals who are often times at their worst. There is a great deal of unpredictability in when a call will turn bad. That is why we are taught scene safety first and foremost. We can't take care of our patient's if we become a patient ourselves.
ReplyDeleteStephanie
This has been the talk of EMS bloggers, tweeters and I'm sure it will be huge in the next EMS magazines when they come out.
ReplyDeleteConsider how you would feel as a student if you were taught to stage/be safe and then someone in authority says something like this.
Students don't look at things with the experience we do. We know he is either uninformed or wanted to get AMR out so the FD can get the contract.
Students might think the options are to place themselves in danger or get fired.