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Tammie Bullard

The Patient’s Perspective

Tammie Bullard is a paramedic, educator and author of “The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic,” a reflective practice text for prehospital care providers. She is passionate about best patient care and paramedic professionalism. Connect with her through LinkedIn or by visiting www.gbuparamedic.com.

LATEST ARTICLES

Patient Care

6 ways to quickly build patient trust

Gaining patients’ confidence can be achieved by deliberate actions, like connecting with caregivers, as well as small subtleties, like body language and facial expressions

February 14, 2024 09:57 AM

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Hospital

Hurry up and wait: 5 ways to maximize your wait time

Wait time – in a queue of ambulance outside the ED, or a line of stretchers in the hallway – can be improved with these strategies and expectations

January 20, 2021 01:46 PM

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Patient Care

5 gifts for providers and patients

This holiday season, focus on the gifts you can give and receive every day with true connections

December 03, 2020 12:21 PM

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Patient Care

When crew dynamics disrupt patient care

5 insidious partner issues to avoid so that patients feel safe in our care

November 17, 2020 12:39 PM

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Patient Care

Keep your cliches and lose the labels

5 patient communication strategies to improve response to interventions, increase patient satisfaction and outcomes, and decrease job-related stress

September 11, 2020 12:50 PM

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Patient Handling

4 things to explain to patients to increase their comfort and compliance

Put yourself in the patient’s position to gain an understanding of how their fear may complicate your interventions

August 18, 2020 11:03 AM

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Fitness, Mental Health
& Wellness

Laughter may be the best medicine, but only if we titrate it to effect

8 ways to moderate humor to improve patient connection and care, and avoid taking it too far

July 27, 2020 12:17 AM

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