by Juliet Bourke and Andrea Titus
Category: Articles
Females and Minority Racial/Ethnic Groups Remain Underrepresented in Emergency Medical Services: A Ten-Year Assessment, 2008–2017
This is a 10 year cross sectional analysis of gender and racial representation among EMT’s and paramedics as compared to the general US population data. They showed some marked disparities in the percentages of females and minorities with some improvements over the 10 year span while lack of improvement in recruitment people who identified as…
7 Steps To An Inclusive Fire Department Culture
This article it provides an insight into building and maintaining an inclusive organization. While this article is focused on fire departments, the principles can be carried over to mountain rescue teams. Having a diverse and inclusive team gives us the opportunity to draw from multiple points of view that can help us relate to the…
Articles by the authors of Good Guys
This link includes articles from Harvard Business Review and other sources on how men can be better allies. As with their book, Drs. Smith and Johnson provide techniques for how men can respond to public expressions of gender and racial bias, which would likely be a good starting point for improving inclusiveness in the MRA…