jules
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Post by jules on Apr 9, 2016 15:37:38 GMT
There have been cases in which EMS providers sent on calls have been less than nice to patients in crisis or needing medical help. Some don't know how to talk to people in a professional manner or feel like they are being bothered by having being sent on a call in the first place. Many factors I'm sure are to contribute to this, such as their home/personal life, how well that person deals with stress/pressure in general, past history, etc., and some of these EMS providers who have issues with anger and alcohol/drug dependency also are the same people who are caring for innocent people and family members who need medical help. Do you feel that pre-employment and/or ongoing psychological tests/screening should be mandatory as to "weed out" those who would give sub-par care to society?
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Msica
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Post by Msica on Apr 10, 2016 22:14:14 GMT
I feel many of these issue arise due to Burn Out. Agencies need to keep an eye on each member and see of they change. If they do then the agency should assist them with getting the help they need through their EAP
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rob
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Post by rob on Apr 13, 2016 18:25:49 GMT
We also monitor any complaints that we may get and if there is an issue we send them to our EAP to take care of the issue before it becomes a serious problem.
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Post by jackief on Apr 13, 2016 22:17:40 GMT
That type of provider would benefit more from Administrative/Management intervention than a psych test. Be careful what you wish for when it comes to psych testing as a pre-employment tool.
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Post by mreinemann on Apr 19, 2016 19:42:38 GMT
I agree with Msica, an inner-agency checkup is probably a better bet than a medical/psych evaluation on a regular basis. If deemed necessary, maybe outsourcing for more extensive testing and a suggested leave would be beneficial to the EMS provider, but I think the original post was talking about a personality test to accompany skills tests. Though it sounds good, and it would probably provide a higher standard of care, I think it would be slightly misdirected and wouldn't achieve its purpose.
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Post by mmurphy on Apr 23, 2016 1:12:37 GMT
I think this is a great concept, but it's difficult to do this in practice, particularly at departments dependent on volunteer EMS. If a department relies on EMTs to provide care for free and in their spare time they may have a hard time getting their people to participate in a psych screening on top of that.
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