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I like to call this the Paragod Complex. 
Appendectomy for Paramedics
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I like to call this the Paragod Complex.
Are you speaking of my post?
mycrofft
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Well, V, check out that avatar....
Seriously, the "paramedic=MD" thing has another real drawback I thought of as I was making coffee.
They say "When the tool on top of your tool chest is a hammer, everything needs a good bash".
When your education has been geared to detecting acutely and emergently life-threatening situations, will you, presumably without resort to sissy things like, oh, laboratories/specialists/radiology/medical records, be able to detect or address things like cancer, birth defects, tertiary syphilis, athlete's foot, gastroesophageal reflux, hemorrhoids, etc.? These are the majority of real general medical practice, and over-treatment or non-treatment of these will leave a wide path of people needing someone else's care to fix your mess.
I am not saying a tech can't, with proper training and protocols and backup, DO a good job with most cases, especially if they know when to push the DEFAULT/MD button. But even years of paramedic experience will not help you if it is all codes, extrications, and long spine boards.
Seriously, the "paramedic=MD" thing has another real drawback I thought of as I was making coffee.
They say "When the tool on top of your tool chest is a hammer, everything needs a good bash".
When your education has been geared to detecting acutely and emergently life-threatening situations, will you, presumably without resort to sissy things like, oh, laboratories/specialists/radiology/medical records, be able to detect or address things like cancer, birth defects, tertiary syphilis, athlete's foot, gastroesophageal reflux, hemorrhoids, etc.? These are the majority of real general medical practice, and over-treatment or non-treatment of these will leave a wide path of people needing someone else's care to fix your mess.
I am not saying a tech can't, with proper training and protocols and backup, DO a good job with most cases, especially if they know when to push the DEFAULT/MD button. But even years of paramedic experience will not help you if it is all codes, extrications, and long spine boards.
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I agree this is a great idea, it would have meant I did not need to spend all week in the hospital! 
Well, V, check out that avatar....
That avatar was selected for me in the direcetionless thread, I much prefer the ninja, bit don't have the file on this computer.
They suck for the most part. Add a lot of time (which equals adding a lot of money) on to cases and frankly outside of some Uro (Prostate) and GynOnc (low and ultra low anterior resections) they don't add much.
and they have a higher rate of impotence as a complication of prostate.
I will go with the skilled hands of a surgeon if need be.
Just another medical gadget that tries to replace experienced people with technology.
fail.