Discussion of Proposed Regulations

[RocketMedic]

Found this on my early morning news crawl.
http://www.heraldstandard.com/news/local_news/proposed-regulations-could-affect-ems-workers/article_b550ce84-d8a8-5f72-994a-aed721566871.html

For my money, I think that this is a step in the right direction. Both personally and as a profession, I think that we need to go back to school and educate ourselves, and as harsh as it sounds, we need to stop working for peanuts or free. When people start seeing just how much we are worth, they will pay for it.

 

[Veneficus]

This has been the same argument since my career started.

It will always be the same argument.

Made by the same short sighted people.

 

[EpiEMS]

A BA/BS requirement would go a long way in advancing EMS in the US.

 

[jemt]

Could anyone provide cliff notes?

I don't understand what this article is talking about?

 

[Veneficus]

volunteer and agencies that think having a paramedic on every street corner are worried they will have less paramedics if the standards are raised.

They claim it will cost more. (which is true)

That they will have to pay more. (which is true)

Less people will want to do it. (which is true)

That all those things are really bad. (Which is not true)

 

[Pavehawk]

Could anyone provide cliff notes?

I don't understand what this article is talking about?

Nutshell... NREMT will soon not be allowing anyone to sit for thier exams unless they graduate from a school that has not met the standards layed down by, and paid a small fortune to, CoAEMSP for acceditation.

This means that some of the medic mills that pump out EMT/EMT-P like blood from an artery will either have to shut down, pay big bucks to CoAMESP thus passing on that cost to students, or ignore it thus screwing the students who might be able to still sit for a state exam but will not be able to get NREMT. (some schools now allow you to sit for NREMT but not the state test in some states!! Go figure!)

In reality it does nothing to ensure quality education of our prehospital providers it just adds another layer of crap into an already confused certification process. It also ignores things like state statutes and regulations, you know things that can't be changed on a whim.

It is a step, however stumbling, towards the summit. How it playes out is yet to be seen, after all CoAEMSP has already said... oh we know it takes a while to go through our process BUT IF YOU SEND US MONEY now we will put you on the "going to be evaluated" list and that will suffice for now!

 

[MrJones]

Nutshell... NREMT will soon not be allowing anyone to sit for thier exams unless they graduate from a school that has not met the standards layed down by, and paid a small fortune to, CoAEMSP for acceditation....

Not sure, but I think you meant "NREMT will soon not be allowing anyone to sit for thier exams unless they graduate from a school that has met the standards layed down by...."

And, as a related aside, the letter I received w/ my EMT-B card included the following statement:

If you enroll in a Paramedic program on or after January 1,2013, you must graduate from a CAAHEP-Accredited program or one with a Letter of Review (see http://www.caahep.org/Find-An-Accredited-Program)

I'm already enrolled, but out of curiousity I checked my program and it is accredited.