From Burnout to Flourishing: Rethinking Paramedic Wellbeing with Paige Mason

Today on the Pre-Hospital Care Podcast, we are joined by Paige Mason, MA, a researcher, paramedic, and educator whose work reframes how we think about wellbeing on the front line. In this episode, we unpack her work and what it means for individual paramedics, teams, and services striving to build resilient, healthy, and sustainable careers in pre-hospital care.Paige is a Primary Care Paramedic with the Ottawa Paramedic Service and a member of the McNally Project for Paramedicine Research, where she advocates for paramedic-driven inquiry.  She holds an Honours Bachelor of Arts in Kinesiology from Western University and completed her Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies at Royal Roads University, graduating with distinction for her thesis, Paramedic Flourishing at Work: A Way Forward. Her research explores what enables some paramedics to thrive in one of the most demanding health professions, shifting the focus from reducing burnout to understanding and fostering workplace flourishing. Paige’s interests span organisational culture, human factors, decision making, positive psychology, and appreciative inquiry in paramedicine. Paige's research can be found here: https://www.viurrspace.ca/server/api/core/bitstreams/90743451-ac36-4f85-963e-68fec5be594e/contentThis Podcast is sponsored by World Extreme Medicine.World Extreme Medicine provides internationally recognised education for clinicians and operators working in pre-hospital, remote, expedition, humanitarian, and high-risk environments. Their programmes focus on practical, experience-led learning, equipping professionals with the skills to make sound clinical and operational decisions when resources are limited, evacuation is delayed, and conditions are extreme.With courses covering expedition and wilderness medicine, hostile environments, dive medicine, human performance, leadership, and austere care, World Extreme Medicine brings together a global faculty with real-world experience from some of the most challenging settings on earth. To explore courses, free educational resources, and upcoming webinars, visit: ⁠www.worldextrememedicine.com