Note to self: never, ever start a thread about clothes again. Or tattoos.
No actually many learn from such topics that off spring. You would be surprised on the IM and PM I recieve from those that do not post. Discussion that they never had thought of it that way; or wished they had been taught differently.
Ok, so I'm confused here.
You guys don't like the "simple" pictures in text books, but you also feel that EMTs should go straight into MICP school without any experience.
So at what point are they supposed to become familiar with all this stuff?
Maybe in a perfect world all MICP schools would have a variety of equipment so the students could become familiar with different versions of the same stuff, but not all schools can afford that.
Simple, shut the doors if they cannot provide such services. Quit having classes and instead have a program! I refuse to teach at half-arse schools anymore! They make thousands of dollars per semester off students. Now, go compare the equipment in other areas of the school notice the difference? Many companies will even offer demonstrator models, but many instructors never ask or in touch with current equipment. We sometimes will receive new equipment before it even hits the market, they want students to want to work with such equipment so providers will purchase it.
Not a perfect world? No. Just one that the industry should ensure that the programs if they agree to take the money from students they should actually know how to budget and purchase, take care, and to replace vital equipment to teach with. If they can't; they don't get to teach it.
As a student I would be outrage if the institution could not provide me with the material and data to be abreast when I entered the job market.
Yes, I put my money where my mouth is. I have refused to teach at a local EMS program locally and instead drive over 40 miles to teach at another. The reason? When teaching last semester I attempted to demonstrate the KED. The KED had no lift handles, the straps were so frayed that one could not tighten the straps, intubation heads were torn so bad the tongue could be seen on the side. I found out, the KED was the same KED I purchased when I was the program director over 19 years ago. Now, I figure with students paying >$500 for EMT and $3,000 for Paramedic; surely they should have a depreciation value and budget appropriately to replace equipment.
I now teach with a program that replaces any torn and worn equipment immediately. Tools to teach effectively. Wow! What a difference! Not only for the educator, but for the student. I can say ... yes! It makes a difference.
In regards to visual aids, I am all for it but let's be reasonable. How many pics does it take does it show how to place a BP cuff on a patient? To show fingers on a radial pulse? Again is it warranted because our target audience lacks the intelligence to figure such out without so much clarity? If so, then this is an added + to screen the applicants prior to being able to enter EMS programs.
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