Advice for the new EMT, paramedic, nurse, physician who is also a believer

Build your faith in the easier times so your faith doesn’t shake when times are hard

You have more reason than anyone on the planet who doesn’t believe to strive to do this job better every day, you are held to a higher standard

Adam still finds joy in emergency medicine, doing hard things, interacting with many different humans, seeking an answer, the intellectual stimulation

You must be able to embrace the hard stuff, embrace the suck

Adam talks about the priority he gives to family and being mentally present when he is physically present with his kids

He talks about the training that is required to make yourself mentally present outside of work and how to move on from a hard shift

“He told me to cast my cares to him because he cares for me”

Take care of yourself before you take care of others

In our line of work sometimes quality is better than quantity time

Adam gives the advice he would give to his younger self

He knows himself well enough to know he should say “Stay scared my friend,” because he can take that in stride and not panic. This job can be out to get you

You don’t know what you don’t know

Don’t step over the line between confidence and cockiness

Adam talks about some practices he has that allow him to move from ER physician mode to father, husband mode

Praise and worship music on the way home helps him

I try to remember to keep my eyes above the waves, like the story of Peter when he walks towards Jesus on the water

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