EpiEMS
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18 and driving an ambulance is still not ideal...heck, neither is 21...but that's how our systems work.
High School 911
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RocketMedic
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This whole idea is terrible.
Have any problems actually been reported? I mean, I understand the concern, but at the same time I have to think about what all I grew up driving. I have been driving since I was 16 (7 years) and have never been pulled over and only been in one accident which I wasn't even at fault for. Not only that, I was driving a tractor before I was driving a vehicle.
NomadicMedic
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No, 18 and driving an ambulance with minimal training and minimal supervision is not ideal. (See: most IFT services)
Just because you don't like it doesn't mean it's fraught with disaster. This group has been around for years, is very well trained and very well respected.
EpiEMS
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They certainly are a good group, it's just a gut (over)reaction on my part to the driving issue.
chitownmedic11
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There is not to much of a difference between 16 and 19 if you ask me and I was in the privates at 19 for my first gig. I don't think I really matured within those three years I was still a knuckle head but more then capable of handling everything on the job
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Bullets
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My town has a fire house full of 40 year olds who scare me behind the wheel
Ever see a class a engine go airborne?
Mufasa556
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No, but I'd like to.
High School 911 sounds like what I'd call my company when the crews start hooking up and starting weird beefs between shifts. In all seriousness, I think if you really seek out and then vett the people you're hiring, along with an adequate training program, their age shouldn't be that much of an issue.
And since this hasn't been posted in awhile.
Flying
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My back hurt watching that...
cprted
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This group was actually the inspiration for a Family Channel after school type series in Canada in the late 90s called "In A Heartbeat." Yes, it was just as cheesy as you'd expect it to be.
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LanceCorpsman
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No but ive seen a class A on two wheels...actually been in one
DrParasite
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I'm glad I wasn't the only one who had the exact same response to Bullet's questions
Bullets
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It would have been cool if it wasnt headed towards my ambulance and two occupied police cars
(it was cool though)
NysEms2117
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My pants would've gained 10 pounds >.< lol. that would absolutely terrify me
RocketMedic
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I just view it as a professional insult. kind of like a child soldier
VentMonkey
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EpiEMS
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Why do you view it that way? Given that the standards for EMT are such as they are, it's not beyond the competency of a smart, motivated 16 year old, no?
RocketMedic
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EpiEMS, it isn't that the standards are extraordinary- it's that the standards are extraordinarily low, to the point that high schoolers can do them en masse. Given that I would like to see EMS progress to a true clinical role, Glee Club EMS doesn't really do it for me.
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So are these guys really the problem?
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LanceCorpsman
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I couldn't agree with you more.