EMTinNEPA
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Look, dude, all I was doing was calling for civility. Just like I did at the beginning of this thread. I knew where this was going to lead, and the usual cast of characters that I mentioned most definitely included you. It was just a matter of time before you let your ego flag fly.
I know you consider yourself one of the nations foremost experts in the field, but everyone is entitled to an opinion. I respect yours, as a long time provider and having a high level of education. But your "impact" is greatly diminished when you end over half your posts with a dismissive "Yeah, I thought so" or similar valley girl-esque comment.
All I am saying is that there are ways to get your point across without letting your obvious arrogance run wild.
Myself, I have no real horse in this race. I plan on being a paid nurse/medic in the near future, but for now my education is being paid for via a volunteer system. I'm riding the fence here. But seeing the vast amount of opinionated and self righteous idiocy on either side... It's just doing our profession more harm than good.
Just keep it civil, Rid. I know I have no power here, that my pleas will fall upon deaf ears should you choose to disregard my statements here and that the mods will likely side on your behalf anyway. But I ask you, as one EMS provider (whether you like it or not) to another, keep the level of maturity up a bit.
Look, dude...
I see no lack of civility. Sometimes the truth hurts. I used to think Rid was a self-important ego maniac. Then I stopped deluding myself into believing that volunteer EMTs were doing the profession a favor.
You want to be a nurse? Get out of my profession.
You may want every EMS provider the world over, vollie, paid, fire-based, etc., to hold hands and sing a rousing chorus of "We Are The World", but others want to make progress. Others want to advance the profession to its full potential, make every EMS provider a skilled, knowledgeable, educated patient care professional. And providing EMS for free with minimal educational requirements is NOT the way to do it. You may think by doing it for free and not billing what your services are worth that you are doing your patients justice, but you aren't. How can you be a true patient advocate by not being all you can be?