Melclin
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I've been wondering for a this for a while now and this seems a good place to ask.
I'm a paramedic student in Australia, and we get taught never to run once we're on scene. That we should conduct ourselves calmly and that walking to a scene is important in maintaining control of the situation and staying calm. Out and about on work placements, this is seems true. Paramedics never never seem too run and to good effect. They seem too command the respect and attention of everyone at a scene.
In American movies and TV paramedics always run. They are always in a hurry, always keen to put the patient on the stretcher and get them in the ambulance often before even thinking about treatment.
My question is: to what extent is this true. Do you guys really run? And what is your obsession with getting patients on stretchers and into ambulances. Is it anything to do with the whole EMT-B/EMT-I/EMT-P thing (we're all ALS and above in Australia)?
I'm a paramedic student in Australia, and we get taught never to run once we're on scene. That we should conduct ourselves calmly and that walking to a scene is important in maintaining control of the situation and staying calm. Out and about on work placements, this is seems true. Paramedics never never seem too run and to good effect. They seem too command the respect and attention of everyone at a scene.
In American movies and TV paramedics always run. They are always in a hurry, always keen to put the patient on the stretcher and get them in the ambulance often before even thinking about treatment.
My question is: to what extent is this true. Do you guys really run? And what is your obsession with getting patients on stretchers and into ambulances. Is it anything to do with the whole EMT-B/EMT-I/EMT-P thing (we're all ALS and above in Australia)?