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Health Care Interview Cassie Dickson HCS/235 August 10, 2015 Darnecia Garner Health Care Interview Chris Rael is a critical technician that works in the trauma department at St. Francis hospital located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. He spent 10 years on ambulance support for St. Francis in addition to being a critical technician. Chris got is bachelor’s degree in sports medicine as well as Im instructor for American heart association CPR instructor and state certified EMS instructor. Chris has spent many years helping patient receive to quality care at St. Francis. Chris primary role at St Francis as a lead critical care technician is to support doctors/ nurses in a wide variety of situations ranging from cough and colds†¦show more content†¦The most important attribute for any job in EMS is adaptability. You never know whats going to walk through the door or if what a patient is telling you is the full truth. Ive been attacked, but, punched had feces thrown at me and have had patients eve try to stab me and pull guns on me. How do you see this position adapting to changes in health care? EMTS/ paramedics are being utilized more and more in Emergency Departments nationwide due to our skill set and abilities. With the huge nationwide nursing shortage we help fill in the gaps. We are a different breed. Sometimes seen as crass or non-empathetic towards some. But when you go from a dying child or cardiac arrest to someone who came in by ambulance for ankle pain they have had for 15 min sometimes we have a hard time controlling our emo tions. Due to the health care changes the ERs are a major dumping ground for all urgent cares, and doctors’ offices. We are now seeing anything and everything. Even things that are truly not emergencies. 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