Going Beyond The Minimum: Paramedic or Ambulance Driver?

And now this topic is posted once again on PoF and on EMS1.
 
Rocket, you really know how to poke the hornets nest! It was interesting to read kelly's take on it though. The question is how do we turn ems from a vocation to a profession? I know the fire unions will battle any change to the emt b. IE making it an AA or something.
 
FireWA1 said:
Rocket, you really know how to poke the hornets nest! It was interesting to read kelly's take on it though. The question is how do we turn ems from a vocation to a profession? I know the fire unions will battle any change to the emt b. IE making it an AA or something.
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In order to make EMTs have an AA then medics need to also have at least an AA.
 
I was thinking EMT poof! AEMT an AA and Medic a BA (or BS). How can we get past the "we can train them" mentality and have more of the we can educate them mentality? I really see the "50 years of tradition uninhibited by progress" coming into play. And how will us becoming a profession impact how EMS is delivered? What changes will occur and how can we bring management on board?
 
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