This is awful reasoning on the MD's part if it is indeed the reasoning. Did the MD also get rid of monitors on ALS units?
Nope, they still got the monitors. I think it came out of too many EMT's using the pulse ox to obtain a HR rather than do the skill themselves.
Most counties around here have them on the BLS units. I would prefer to have them but I have gotten pretty good at making oxygenation evaluations.
You make due with the tools your given. I can't do glucometry either, even though it is a basic skill in this state.