PapaBear434
Forum Asst. Chief
- 619
- 0
- 0
^
I'm talking literally about a picture of a portable radio just like this taking up a good 1/8th of a page. No labels, no nothing. If it seriously takes longer than 5 seconds of training at your first job to know what a portable radio looks like, then EMS is just not the field for you.
Taking up that much of the page tells me that the publisher was trying to pad the length of the book. It's easier to sell a book for more money to a college when it's bigger and seemingly full of more information.
And let's face it: BLS, as it stands today, isn't all that complex. It's mostly learning basic assessments, how to move a patient, and if it's bleeding you push on it until the medic arrives.
Having a book with more 500 pages is easier to sell for a high price than a pamphlet.
Now, if you're arguing that BLS should require more training and have a higher standard, we are not in disagreement. After passing my BLS certification and actually starting on the road, I learned a lot of stuff just running as a trainee. Things that should have been taught during class.
But that pic of the radio? Yeah, probably just trying to fill the page.