Dick Blanchet, BS, MBA

Original Contribution
Sterile Cockpit, Sterile Crew
10/31/2017
The airlines’ technique for preventing distractions can benefit emergency services too.
The airlines’ technique for preventing distractions can benefit emergency services too.
The airlines’ technique for...
10/31/2017
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Ducks project an outward calm even while scrambling that EMS providers should emulate. (Photo: Maciej Opaliński/Wikimedia Commons)
Patient Care
Your Captain Speaking: Be a Duck
08/04/2021
Even paddling hard beneath the surface, they appear calm and composed up top.
Even paddling hard beneath the surface, they appear calm and composed up top.
Even paddling hard beneath the...
08/04/2021
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Your Captain Speaking: After the Naloxone
10/19/2019
Maybe there’s a way to reduce revived patients’ nasty reactions.
Maybe there’s a way to reduce revived patients’ nasty reactions.
Maybe there’s a way to reduce...
10/19/2019
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Original Contribution
Why Checklists Are Your Friend
12/04/2017
An aviation innovation, they can help prevent oversights in challenging situations.
An aviation innovation, they can help prevent oversights in challenging situations.
An aviation innovation, they can...
12/04/2017
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Original Contribution
Crew Resource Management and EMS
10/31/2010
Similarities between EMS and the airline industry may make Crew Resource Management a useful error-prevention tool in the prehospital setting
Similarities between EMS and the airline industry may make Crew Resource Management a useful error-prevention tool in the prehospital setting
Similarities between EMS and the...
10/31/2010
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Working four hard night shifts in a row is no easier in flying than it is in EMS. (Photo: Poetarab03/Wikimedia Commons)
Leadership/Management
Your Captain Speaking: How the Airlines Manage Fatigue
11/20/2021
What can EMS learn from aviation’s vigorous approach to pilot rest? 
What can EMS learn from aviation’s vigorous approach to pilot rest? 
What can EMS learn from...
11/20/2021
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Original Contribution
Your Captain Speaking: Medication Compliance
07/19/2019
Be understanding to get a fuller picture of your patient’s cooperation.
Be understanding to get a fuller picture of your patient’s cooperation.
Be understanding to get a fuller...
07/19/2019
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Original Contribution
Drive Delicately—for Becca`s Sake
11/24/2017
Imagine someone standing in your truck bed—that’s how to operate your ambulance.
Imagine someone standing in your truck bed—that’s how to operate your ambulance.
Imagine someone standing in your...
11/24/2017
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Your Captain Speaking: Symptoms and Their Order Can Be COVID Clues
Original Contribution
Your Captain Speaking: Symptoms and Their Order Can Be COVID Clues
01/08/2021
Know which suggest coronavirus and which suggest something else.
Know which suggest coronavirus and which suggest something else.
Know which suggest coronavirus...
01/08/2021
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Tests are not perfect, how they are collected and processed may not be perfect, but we can and should take reasonable actions in the meantime and not ignore them. (Photo: Ciell/Wikimedia Commons)
Education/Training
Your Captain Speaking: One Test Is One Test
02/13/2022
Help patients’ statistical understanding so they don’t panic unnecessarily.
Help patients’ statistical understanding so they don’t panic unnecessarily.
Help patients’ statistical...
02/13/2022
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