Lessons From a Sage: Interview with Jim Barrick

EMS Cast: Advanced Continuing Education for Paramedics, EMTs & Prehospital Care Providers

Jim Barrick has more than 37 years of experience in Emergency Medical Services and Helicopter Emergency Medical Services (EMS and HEMS). His humble approach makes him a wealth of wisdom for anyone in this career field. As kickoff for 2024 we depart from our normal format of short education topics to long term reflection. If you work in and around EMS and Critical Care Transport, learn from Jim. Take time to listen to those in your world that have years of experience and expertise. Take time to be humble and learn the lessons they pass forward. Many of them have been paid for with hardship. Take time to reflect on your goals as a provider and how you want to better yourself in 2024!

We sat down with Jim in the kitchen of his North Carolina home to learn about his experience with Orange County, North Carolina and Carolina Air Care. Jim was in a group of 5, that were the first Flight Paramedics in the state of North Carolina. They helped pioneer a program that is now a staple of EMS in the State of North Carolina. Carolina Air Care is a division of UNC Health, a part of the University of North Carolina system. They currently provide critical care transport to the entire state of North Carolina. They are affiliated with a level I Trauma Center, Burn Center, and a large multi-specialty educational institution. If it can happen, Jim has seen it.

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