Michael Curry

Accomplished, veteran critical care flight paramedic with twenty years of experience working on the frontline within the Ontario Air Ambulance system. My experience ranges across both north and south regions with equal time spent working on both rotor and fixed wing assets. In essence, I am a product of the ORNGE system and have established myself as a capable and reliable operator who enjoys positive relationships with both the T.M.P. and management groups within the organization. However, at a local level, the fact that I am well respected by my 7792 colleagues is what will allow me the opportunity to present the objectives of the C.P.L. to the group in a manner that hopefully will be positively received.

Currently the 7792 base is staffed with high functioning / performing senior medics. The staff group does not lack clinical skill or motivation to improve. Instead, what the base does not have is familiarity with routine practice of day-to-day C.M.E. and C.P.D. activities. The biggest challenge facing the incoming C.P.L. will be to establish a well received regiment of goal oriented practice aimed to improve staff skillset at an individualized, micro-level. This is what will set the London C.P.L. project scope apart from other C.P.L.'s in the province.

I believe that paramedics at ORNGE are occupational athletes.  To be high functioning ORNGE paramedics must be (1) stress-inoculated, (2) well practiced, (3) confident, and, (4) well studied in emergency medicine pattern recognition.    In order to maximize performance, the C.P.L. needs to act like a coach in order to optimize the abilities of each paramedic.  An understanding of the different personality and learning types of each individual will have to be taken into account and that information used to direct the educational delivery model for each learner.