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First of all, I am an EMT-B... I continue to be amazed at the quality of people who pass the EMT-B exam. This is not a reference about every EMT-B because I know there are good ones too. I thought the test was easy but over the last few weeks I have run calls with some people that should never be near a patient. Here are a couple of examples.
1. I asked an EMT-B what the proper dosage is for Glucagon and he said "1 tube", and he just finished his local protocol class.
2. Last night I read the narrative for a call that we had just been on and it started with the word "acsodintly". I'll let you figure that one out.
3. I was on a call last week when I was told that a patients pulse rate was 60 when it was actually 84 in both arms.
And in 2 years, I have never seen and EMT-B actually read their textbook or any other book pertaining to pre-hospital care, after the graduated from EMT-B class.
1. I asked an EMT-B what the proper dosage is for Glucagon and he said "1 tube", and he just finished his local protocol class.
2. Last night I read the narrative for a call that we had just been on and it started with the word "acsodintly". I'll let you figure that one out.
3. I was on a call last week when I was told that a patients pulse rate was 60 when it was actually 84 in both arms.
And in 2 years, I have never seen and EMT-B actually read their textbook or any other book pertaining to pre-hospital care, after the graduated from EMT-B class.
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