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Settle down, Peak. I see how you could get defensive with “interpreting the rhythm” of my statement. It wasn’t in any way meant to devalue nurses and their knowledge/skill. In fact, I learn something new from the great nurses I work with in the ED each shift I’m there. They are all-stars. My...

You know that part we like about being paramedics that allows us to diagnose conditions in the field? We earn that privilege (which nurses don’t have) by having high competency in cardiology knowledge. It’s one of my top professional goals to gain expertise in cardiology. This is an ongoing...

Crowder College in Missouri just started using it this fall in their paramedic program. Expect to see much more of this in the future in all of medical training, especially in skill areas that are invasive or hard to come by in frequency.

That’s not true. I arranged a portion of my paramedic clinical at a SoCal hospital, during the height of COVID nonetheless, and it was all thanks to a relationship I had with the head ED physician.

Avoid this program at all costs. The school and staff are not invested in student success, far to the contrary of what they state. Most paramedic sections see less than half of students complete the program. There are several causes for this and few reside on part of the student. If you want a...