The focus: Job fluencer enthusiastic about heroic profession!

The focus: Job fluencer enthusiastic about heroic profession!

Lea Pilger, a 24-year-old paramedic from Stotzheim, has the goal of making the professions in the emergency services more attractive. On her Instagram profile "Li27115" she shows her everyday life and tries to inspire both young and older people for the emergency services. In her youth, she even lacked the points of contact with this professional field, which increases her wish to beat a bridge and to arouse public interest. " KStA reports that she shares both personal experiences as well as professionally sound information and pays attention to the community reacts sensitively.

Readers can find photos of the emergency services equipment, reports of their 24-hour service as well as insights into their lives on the beach or dancing on their account. This variety of content has not only raised its follower numbers, but also aroused the interest of the Euskirchen district, which she would like to introduce as the face of the blue light scene. This cooperation is seen as an experiment with the aim of creating synergies and increasing the visibility of the emergency services.

career and training in the emergency services

The profession of the emergency paramedic, for whom Lea Pilgrim is working, has become significantly more important in recent years. With the introduction of the emergency paramedics training in 2014, the job description has changed from a helper status to a full-fledged specialist professional. The training includes three years of vocational training, which includes both theoretical and practical lessons, and conveys extensive medical skills and organizational skills in the emergency services.
Internutz explains that the requirements for emergency paramedics are high: in addition to a secondary school leaving certificate, a certificate of good conduct and a medical certificate is a prerequisite. The training itself is free of school fees, and most schools offer a training allowance.

After completing the training, emergency paramedics also have a variety of career prospects. Among other things, they can work as disinfectors, practice instructors or in the management of rescue guards. You can also study in areas such as health management or international emergency and disaster relief at universities such as the Akkon University in Berlin.

Academization and challenges in the emergency services

The discussion about the academization of the emergency services is becoming increasingly important. At a specialist event at the Döpfer University of Applied Sciences, the effects on emergency care, the lack of personnel and the career prospects of emergency paramedics were discussed. Thomas Hofmann, Studieskan for Rescue Sciences, gave a lecture on professionalization and academization in the emergency services. As Döpfer University of Applied Sciences , scientifically well-founded training concepts could significantly improve the quality of care in the emergency services.

However, the challenge is to create the right framework for these developments. Higher admission requirements could exacerbate the existing lack of personnel and at the same time bring the risk that academized specialists migrate to other fields of activity. Therefore, political initiatives are necessary to make the change in the emergency services meaningful.

Lea Pilger also underlines the importance of psychosocial emergency care (PSNV-E) in order to offer the emergency services in crisis situations the support they need. The emergency services and its specialists face major challenges that urgently require professionalization. Developments in the social media landscape can have a support here by addressing new target groups and strengthening awareness of the emergency services.