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It also requires the ability to make rationale decisions and critical decision thinking skills that (on average) teens and even young adults cannot physically can make or perform. Again, scientifically proven.
In all honesty though, what profession doesn't require this in some aspect? With that being said, do you believe that no teenager or young adult would be able to function properly in his/her profession?
What about police officers? New recruits are only required to be 21 and they are handed a gun and statewide policing powers. What about all the new 20 and 21 year olds fresh out of college with their BA's getting jobs in corporate America. Surely they will need to make rationale decisions and use critical thinking in order to work.
I guess what I'm getting at is... what would you consider to be the magical age? The age in which people obtain the ability to make rationale decisions and use critical thinking skills.
I'd also like to bring up what Kendall wrote:
1) be accepted into an education program
2) successfully complete said education program
3) be successful on state/provincial and national registry exams
4) Be hired by an ambulance service and monitored by a Medical Director and a FTO.
If a teenager or young adult is capable of successfully passing steps 1-4 and you don't see this as sufficient proof, what else would you add to determine a candidate's ability to make rationale decisions and use critical thinking skills?
You are very seasoned on these boards and well-respected. This is by no means meant to be confrontational. I'm just simply trying to understand what you believe the solution is and when it's "acceptable" join the EMS profession.
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