I had the opportunity to interview an E.M.T. The E.M.T. I
chose to interview was my friend Matt from the Highland
lakes squad. I chose to interview him because it is easier for
me to talk to someone I know than someone I don't know,
and also I wanted to find out whats its like being an E.M.T..
Q: Why did you become an E.M.T.?
A: I enjoy helping people, and I felt that I wanted
to be able to do more than just basic first aid and CPR.
Q: What does it mean to be on call?
A: It means that if the
alarm goes off you are the person that responds to the call.
You can't leave your area because you have to stay available
if the pagers do go off.
Q: How does being an E.M.T. affect your personal life?
A: It doesn't really affect my personal life
too much. The only time it really does is if the pager goes off
and I'm on call then I have to stop what I am doin and
respond to the call, or if I come across an accadent I have to
stop and help.
Q: In Vernon what kind of accadents do you usually see?
A: The most common type of accadent I see is
people havin trouble breathing, or people who can't breath
things like that. Q: What is the worst accadent you've ever
seen? A: The worst accadent I've ever seen was a car
accadent where there was a victim who couldn't remember
anything even after I told him the same thing over and over
again he couldn't remember what I told him. Q: What
happens if the victim is someone you know? A: I try to treat
the victim like any other victim, but I'm more nervious about
messing up somthing or doing somthin wrong. The victim
though will usually feel more comfortable when someone
they know is there with them. Q: What do you do at the
scene of an accadent? A: We treat the victims, and transport
them to the hospital as fast as we can. Q: How do you feel
on the way to a call? A: I usually have an adrenalin rush, and
my body feels like its going 100 times faster than normal.
Thats about it though. Q: Do you like being an E.M.T. and
why? A: Yes, I enjoy being an E.M.T. I like the feeling I get
from helping others that are in need of help. Q: What
happens if you are at a call and another call comes in? A: If a
I will be using the Gibbs, G. (1988) model of reflection to reflect upon for this essay, as this six stage cycle will guide me through the process of description to the action plan, as I find myself to be an active/reflective learner and feel that I can relate to, and learn something that is of value to my practice, and future career and lifelong learning skills through this model of reflection. Throughout this reflective account I will refer to the patient as Mr X, in order to respect confidentiality and maintain his anonymity (NMC) (2008), and local trust policies and guidelines (2009).
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I will be using the What? Model of Structured reflection suggested by Driscoll (2000), a recognised framework for reflection to demonstrate my ability to reflect on a clinical skill with the professional value of privacy and dignity.
I chose to interview Regina Geis, who holds the administrative role as acting supervisor for the County Mental Health adult day program, which provides services for individuals with intellectual disabilities. Ms. Geis has held this position for 15 months. This is her first managerial position within a human service agency. Her style of management has changed over this short period of time. She feels that she is now more direct with her direction with staff. She stated, “Maybe now I come across as a little bit cold. But I have learned that I now have to use the least amount of words to get my point across.”
“All over the world there exists in every society a small group of women who feel themselves strongly attracted to give care to other women during pregnancy and childbirth. Failure to make use of this group of highly motivated people is regrettable and a sin against the principle of subsidiarity.”
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Reflection encourages the student to acknowledge and act upon their strengths and weaknesses in their ability to make clinical decisions (3). As the student reflects it allows them to focus their attention on areas where they have both succeeded and struggled in the clinical setting and apply direct relation to how much knowledge they have gained from the experience (3). Furthermore, whilst it also also allows the student the ability to pose questions, seek clarification of specific events, find meaning and discuss matters of concern and interest with their preceptors in their reflective writing (3). Nonetheless, it is not until the student has achieved the additional knowledge that they will fully understand the limitation of their own practice (3).
Different sources of articles have written about the underlying issue of racism on the runway. Each serves the same purpose and that to inform about the numbers and to persuade the audience that there is a problem in the diversity of supermodels. Racism is an ugly part of our society, and it certainly has no place in the beautiful world of fashion. We all should be open minded to models of color, especially the designers and casting directors because this issue affects how we see things globally and how we are seen as an
One of the clinical skills which I become competent in during my clinical placement is bed washing a patient. I had little or no knowledge of how to wash a patient in a hospital before and this training has provided me an ample opportunity to learn this skill. The reflective model I have chosen to describe my essay is Gibbs model (Gibbs 1998).Gibbs model of reflection is one of the most popular models of reflection and divided into six step process of reflective cycles. These are incorporates in the following: Description of the event, feelings, evaluation, analysis, conclusion, and action plan. I would use this model to describe my essay while relating the theory to the practice.
In Krell v. Henry {1903} a plea of frustration succeeded because the court held that the common purpose for which the contact was entered into, could no longer be carried out. But in the same year for similar set of facts, the Court of Appeal decided in Herne Bay v. Hutton [1903] that the contract had not been frustrated because the "common formation of the contract" had not changed. It clearly was a policy decision which shows the reluctance of the courts to provide an escape route for a party for whom the contract ha...
In the career of a health professional, the role of the interview is crucial in treating patients, interacting with others and gaining knowledge. (Northouse &Northouse 1998:165) Understanding the interviewing skills used in the exploration phase is especially valuable in my development as an emerging IHP through the reflective, empathetic and knowing dimensions. (Olckers, Gibbs & Duncan 2007:2) An example of an interview will be discussed to reflect the importance of these skills in influencing an interviewee’s thoughts, feelings and behaviours.
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