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Medic Mindset Podcast: How to become an EMS ‘lifer’

Mitigate the effects a career in EMS can take to nurture your career longevity in EMS

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In this episode, our guest shares what it takes to become what has been affectionately termed a “lifer.”

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By Medical Mindset Podcast

Our host Ginger Locke ran into a medic recently and noticed he looked rested, happy and healthy. She asked him the recipe of his secret sauce, and he replied, “Things got better once I realized this job was actively trying to kill me. I have to fight back.” He went on to describe the purposeful effects he takes to mitigate the effects of the job.

That’s the nature of this work … if you float along unconsciously and don’t actively take care of yourself, it can be hard to make a life-long career in EMS. In this episode, our guest shares what it takes to become what has been affectionately termed a “lifer.”

If you’re one of the listeners who visit Medic Mindset Podcast to remember what you love about EMS, this episode is for you.

The Medic Mindset podcast is created and hosted by Ginger Locke, BA, NRP. As an associate professor of EMS Professions at Austin (TX) Community College, she has immersed herself in the art and science of how medics think and perform. In interviews with medics and subject-matter experts, she thoughtfully explores the inner-workings of the minds of medics. Prior to becoming a paramedic, she studied social psychology at the University of Georgia and the University of Leicester, UK. Her professional endeavors revolve around the conviction that the most important and complicated tool in EMS in the brain of the medic.