Ambulance Driver Files A Day in the Life | Kelly Grayson
… it just wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Dr. Augustine, who has an excellent reputation in EMS circles, has become the latest in a series of medical directors who failed to fix the problems with DC Fire/EMS. The article states that Dr. Augustine resigned due to health concerns. I tend to agree with TOTWTYTR that likely Dr. Augustine was sickened by the climate in DC.
The organizational climate within DC Fire/EMS, that is.*
It’s long been known that the EMS system in our nation’s capitol is littered with the professional corpses of many a medical director who tried, and failed, to teach that pig to carry a tune.
It’s the EMS equivalent of the Oakland Raider’s coaching job; a thankless career dead-end, without the power to affect any meaningful change. It’s almost like the administration takes pride in being the smelly armpit of EMS care in this country. Yet, they seem intent on every employee there being a medic/firefighter/rescue technician, and ignoring the fact that they fail miserably at providing even basic EMS care.
Don’t get sick in the District of Columbia, folks. The EMS system there doesn’t run any better than any of the other circuses in town.
* If you’re a medic working DC Fire/EMS, and trying to provide quality care, you have my respect and my sympathies. You deserve better administration than you’re getting.