What do the Swiss Army and Paramedics have in common?
Date: Thursday 23rd May 2024
Paramedicine has evolved immensely over a relatively short period of time. Whether it is identity, skill set, or scope of practice we always seem to adapt and overcome based on what our community needs. We will look into the development and evolution of the Swiss Army Knife and how that parallels the identity development of Paramedics across all contexts and meets needs.
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J.D. Heffern, Chief Paramedic, Indigenous Services Canada - Government of Canada
J.D. is a husband, father, son, brother, uncle, leader, chronic networker, researcher, and student whom happens to be a Paramedic. Living in Canada he serves as Chief Paramedic for Indigenous Services Canada with the Government of Canada. As a second career Paramedic he has worked as a front-line Paramedic, Paramedic educator, Community Paramedic, and at various levels of Paramedic service leadership. Prior accepting his current position, J.D. was Commander with the County of Renfrew Paramedic Service facilitating a myriad of portfolios. With most of J.D.'s formal education being course-based and wanting to understand research, he is currently completing his Honours degree at Monash University (Melbourne, Australia) and is a Fellow with McNally Project for Paramedicine Research (Canada). His passion and interests are Community Paramedicine, Paramedic practice focussing on vulnerable populations, international trends and best practices and networking with like-minded individual and organisations. J.D. has been married to Melanie for 24 years, with three young adult daughters and his son Stanley the 120-pound Alaskan Malamute pup.