# Your Checklist Is Making You Worse: Why Pilots Use Checklists and Paramedics Don't

An episode of [Loud & Clear: EMS Guiding Principles - Advanced Continuing Education for Paramedics, EMTs & Prehospital Care Providers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1500168983), 31 May 2026, 1 h 07 min.

Audio: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/c4xm459hacp8y8zm/Glenn_Fisher_Checklists9eyiu.mp3

A checklist should reduce cognitive load. So why does yours make things worse? Airline pilot and safety officer Glenn Fisher breaks down how aviation refined checklists over decades of crash data and human factors research — from verification-only flows to abnormal read-and-do procedures to defining the criteria for what should actually earn a spot on the card. Want more? Book a Free Coaching Call at emspodcast.com/free-coaching-call Sign up for the weekly newsletter at empodcast.com/newsletter NASA papers on checklist design- Human Factors of Flight-Deck Checklists: The Normal Checklist COCKPIT CHECKLISTS: CONCEPTS, DESIGN, AND USE Design Guidance for Emergency and Abnormal Checklists in Aviation American Burn Association / ABLS: Enter the ABLS giveaway by June 30, 2026; the winner will be selected July 1, 2026. Loud & Clear listeners also get 10% off ABLS Now through August 31, 2026. Details: https://bit.ly/aba-loud-clear

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