Episode 58: Scot Phelps Interview

“If we don’t sell ourselves, don’t expect others to sell for us”

This is an interview that’s been in the works for quite a while. Dan sits down with Scot Phelps, paramedic, historian, former Office of EMS Director, and attorney to discuss where we are going as a profession, how we need to look back and share our history with our newcomers (it’s much more than 50+ years), and what we must do to move our profession forward.

It’s probably one of the longest episodes we’ve ever had on the show; but it won’t disappoint.

Jim Page’s seminal work, The Paramedics:

https://archive.org/details/paramedicsillust00page/page/n195/mode/2up?q=The+Paramedics

Ryan Corbett Bell’s The Ambulance:

https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Ambulance.html?id=-YtlthqHmHsC

The Rapid Emergency Medicine Score and what it can do for you:

https://www.jems.com/2018/08/20/using-the-rapid-emergency-medicine-score-to-zero-in-on-ems-quality/

Seattle Fire and EMS 2018 Annual Report:

https://www.seattle.gov/documents/Departments/Fire/About/2018_Annual%20Report_FINAL.pdf