![]() Impaired abilities while operating an ambulance or providing patient-care may lead to catastrophic consequences. Medications: When a physician wants to prescribe a new medication for you, take the time to discuss what side-effects may occur and if this medicine will interfere with your job performance. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) encourages employers to send home those individuals deemed too sick to effectively carry out their job tasks or risk spreading disease. If you are too sick to work, especially if you have an ongoing fever, and may cause disease transmission to coworkers, colleagues, and patients – stay home. Coming to work sick is no longer considered a good idea. RAA encourages employees to maintain a paid-time off (PTO) balance sufficient enough to cover a routine illness callout. However, as our mission is to take care of the sick and injured, we need to do so without causing further harm through disease transmission. Most employees are dependent upon every dollar earned for every hour worked and missing work is not a popular option. Illness: Realizing and accepting you are too sick to work is a capacity many people ignore. ![]() ![]() As you know, many of the EMS Culture of Safety tools come from the aviation industry, Crew Resource Management for example. IMSAFE gives pilots a tool to determine their flight worthiness. The following pneumonic is based on an Oklahoma University College of Continuing Education Department of Aviation developed pre-flight checklist. Failure points can have catastrophic consequences for you, coworkers, colleagues, and patients. Each employee is dependent upon others to be fit, both physically and mentally, mitigating any potential failure points. Self-evaluation is part of the Culture of Safety RAA has worked hard to establish. Having a workforce prepared to face the challenges presented them in a High-Performance EMS system is essential to quality patient care and excellent clinical outcomes. The purpose of this quick checklist is to give each Field Operations employee an opportunity to evaluate their pre-shift personal readiness. Below is a description of the IMSAFE checklist designed to help you determine if common failure points are about to cause you to have a bad shift. As part of the Richmond Ambulance Authority Culture of Safety – personal readiness is integral to your success each and every day.
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