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Over the weekend we had an opportunity to unwind and do some things that we don’t normally take the time to do. This included a movie – the first for us in some time.  Up is a wonderful film put out by Pixar that chronicles the adventures of an old man, Carl Fredrickson, who has lost his beloved wife Ellie and all of their dreams.  In a desperate bid to do his lost love right, he embarks for South America to fulfill the dream that that they shared through a long and wonderful marriage.  There’s a bit too much detail to go through to tell the whole story, so I recommend you pry loose of the money and see the film.  But why blog about this in the Kansas EMS Transition blog?

The reason is that the point to the movie is the same as the point to the transition.  To honor the past we are best off to look to the future.  Carl muddles his way along until he comes to realize the point is not to dwell in what was.  Rather, the point is to embrace what will be.  I may have packaged this all too neatly into a couple of paragraphs, but the point stands.  As our scope of practice changes,we are best off to embrace the new so that we can serve our patients as best as possible.  We tend to view the scope as being about what we can or cannot do.  In reality, the scope isn’t targeted so much to us as it is to the patients that we serve.  Items have been added and removed for the benefit of patients, not us.  In that reality lies the true target of the transition project.  We should be looking to the future so that our patients receive the best possible care.

Let the adventure continue . . .