Tag: communication

  • Soft Skills in Paramedicine – Communication, empathy and teamwork

    In paramedic training, the focus is often on mastering clinical skills like administering medications, performing CPR or operating advanced medical equipment. While these abilities are undeniably crucial, it’s the soft skills — such as communication, empathy and teamwork — that can truly set a paramedic apart. These often-overlooked skills are just as vital, if not…

  • Pain Assessment 101: Essential Tools for Student Paramedics

    Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience arising from actual or potential tissue damage. It’s a built-in alarm system, alerting us to potential harm and prompting us to seek treatment. This intricate system involves a complex interplay between nerves, the spinal cord and the brain, ultimately resulting in the perception of pain. Pain Assessment…