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So now it's a money thing? I thought this discussion was "why have dual medic units?" Many have stated supportive facts/thoughts/opinions and yet you try and argue against it for financial sense. What is better for a city? Well, if you have 10 dual medic unit's and 10 BLS unit's roaming the...

I am sure you do. But, how does this translate to their job? They still only have the ability to do what their classification allow's. The bolded is funny. Seemingly by your argument, paramedic's are usually less knowledgeable than many EMT's?

Ha, no pedestal. Not my intention. The point being made is that a BLS provider should not be one to say how many ALS provider's are necessary.

Take the emotion out of it. By your way of thinking, why have ALS at all? Why have EMT's? Have two driver's that can give O2 and that are CPR cert'd. This entire job is based on small percentage's. The number's of actual emergencies is small. No different than having PD or FD. The actual...

Not to pick on you but, this type of attitude is common among EMT's. You do not have a "little EMT brain" but, come on, are you truly in a place to make a judgement on how many medic's may or may not be needed on a call? An EMT has virtually no responsibility when working with a medic. Maybe...

He is there voluntarily and can come and go just the same. If he walked on me, I would have told the charge nurse he bailed then gotten in the bus and left. If necessary, call your sup and/or base. Documentation is key here to avoid further issue.

So, how much was wasted?

Meh, don't see what the big deal is. I am sure more money is wasted every year going to dozens of schools and handing out plastic fire helmets, coloring books, sticker books, etc. The only thing I can see wasted here is some fuel.

Not as far as I know. My intern has applied and he is not an employee.

AMR in Contra Costa is taking emt apps this week. They just recently hired 15 and looking for 15 more supposedly.

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Sure but, thats not a "dual medic" thing, that is a crappy partner thing. I have found EMT's to be more mouthy and opinionated than other medic's.

Spoken like a true EMT. Our system is slowly moving single ALS provider sadly enough. The county mandates two medics on scene which means only one of us is needed if fire is ALS. Having two medics lightens the workload, add's a second opinion if needed, is there for multiple pts, and can assist...

VT with SOB, no BP, and diaphoresis is not stable my friend. Why was the patient not put on the monitor until getting in the bus?

Was the pt febrile??

Heres a cool video on GSW's handguun vs. rifle I thought was pretty interesting. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tku8YI68-JA&feature=youtu.be

Same here along with IV zofran.

CA gov't has run this state into the dirt and you think they should attempt to run EMS? Using Medic One as an example is meaningless. The state would simply reallocate the profits to some other pet project, bullet train, state worker compensation/retirements, or other BS handout. All the while...

I think there are different levels of "burn-out." One that is truly burnt should probably think about a new career. Everyone gets frustrated and burnt at times which is really part of any job. EMS of course lends itself to these feelings more often and more intensely. I hit it every 5 years of...

Hahaha, so true. And those damn metal airplanes, yikes!