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Wow! That's very interesting –:censored:I guess I've gotta do some more reading on the Canadian system, it sounds very cool!With my 2 year EMS Degree there was still an education gap I needed to fill on my own.
I agree that there needs to be a shift in EMS education. A min of 2 years for medic would be a good start. I would also like to see Basic done away with and the EMT level turn into what an Intermediate or AEMT Currently is. I would love to see EMS in the US move from a vocation to a profession.
I would tend to agree, but my only concern is whether that would actually improve patient outcomes. Lots of calls can be handled BLS, and by BLS I mean very, very basic. How often, after all, are people just using EMS as a taxi with O2 and a SAED? If we were to reduce the volume of calls that are BS, then maybe it would be worthwhile to start considering upping the educational requirements. But short of that, I dunno how much you'd see care really improve. I'd wager that it's not cost effective, but I'm just a basic and I'm not an academic researcher on the subject by any means.