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I understand that, but it seems the OP was complaining about the fact Paramedic students are generally only allowed to do easy tubes in the OR. I just wonder if theyd feel the same way if they were the one being intubated. I say this as someone who did knowingly consent to it when having...

If you were going for surgery and were likely a tough intubation, would you want some Paramedics practicing on you? I bet many Paramedics and students would say no. Its one thing to be intubated pre hospital when there arent any good alternatives and its life or death, its another thing to be...

If you add up the costs including the pre reqs, and then the Paramedic classes themselves, you're looking at about 10,000 at the nearest CC. If you just count the Paramedic classes themselves, about 7,000.

I dont see any point in getting ACLS and PALS if you're only a basic. You have to walk before you can run, so if you dont even know the basics of pharmacology, cardiology, A&P and have no idea how to interpret ECGs or even start an IV, whats the point in taking those classes? I have taken...

Detroit has private companies running BLS trucks on 911 calls. The pay and conditions suck, but they do it.

I agree everyone who doesnt want these type of measures should have a DNR, and I understand your point about these facilities having this type of policy. However I still fail to see how doing chest compressions would have resulted in this woman dying with dignity and eased her suffering, most...

Not one media source I've seen has clarified what license level this "nurse" possessed. I'm guessing she was a at best an LPN and possibly a nurse aide of some sort who isnt required to know CPR and is forbidden by the facility from performing it. The facility makes it clear to all residents...

Detroit EMS? Wow, talk about a dream job....NOT.

I admit to having expressed a very low opinion of military medicine in the past, but these guys are top notch.

I say just get rid of EMT Basic and make AEMT the minimum. At least that way some schools would actually have AEMT classes. As my granny used to say, either S*** or get off the pot. Either get rid of Intermediate or make it possible for people to actually become one, or get rid of Basic and...

Im not implying that the homeless should be treated poorly. They should be treated like any other patient, and the sad reality is that a hospital or ambulance is one of the few places they can be in a warm clean environment. As for poor life choices and what results in people being homeless...

I think you'll find nurses in general and ER nurses in particular can be a little more jaded than your typical EMT or Paramedic, but they also have a harder job most of the time, certainly harder than EMTs anyway. Its one thing to take care of one patient at a time, but its a totally...

Two things stick out. First off the fact these two have been EMTs for 15 years. The second is that they said you were anti social....on your second day? Of course some people are going to be a little quiet their first couple days on the job. The fact they said something about it makes me...

I dont see why you couldnt use the patient's own saliva as a lubricant. I would never use blood though.

EMT students make the same mistake continually. They rely on classroom lecture and dont read all of the text book. You need to read the text book, ALL OF IT, even the boxes that seem like they just contain tidbits of extra FYI material. You need to remember whats in the text book, ALL OF IT...

I agree with the person who said if you cant hear anything, pushing the bell further into the arm isnt likely to help any. I generally find just resting it over the brachial without pressure is the best way to go, as pushing down just seems to increase background noise as its hard to push down...

I can say from experience that if the Nurses and techs are working 12 hour shifts, they tend to be crabbier and have less patience. Some ER Nurses barely have patience for EMTs and medics as it is, so you can just imagine how they feel about EMS students. Nursing students can be a pain too...

Im not saying 8 months isnt overkill for an EMT class, even though thats what some colleges are going to....only that 2 weeks is totally inadequate. If you are going to class 8 or 12 hours every day, when are you going to have time to read your book and study, or practice? How long do you...

Another example of why it seems ridiculous to have a 2 week EMT course. Some community colleges are now breaking EMT up into 2 semesters. Thats an 8 MONTH EMT class. The local community college around me does it that way. They also require 2 semester A&P, Intermediate Algebra, English comp...

Some may be able to absorb the information and retain it in that short of time, but from what Ive seen its very few. The last couple EMT classes Ive helped out with had students that took a LONG time, as in months, to become proficient at some of this stuff, and it took lots of practice sessions...