NYMedic828
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Circulating neutrophils increase 100%.
I meant to say they double and for some reason typed 50%.
Sorry.
My fault.
Entire post is now invalid. You are going to have to explain it all over again.
On a more serious note thanks for that, very informative as always.
Unfortunately, the lowest common denominator, even the mid-range common denominator is often far too set in their ways to change. The second problem is the information you posted will never reach them because those who instruct, often instruct wrongly.
In my experience, the people I work with are quite honestly a lost cause. (both volunteer and paid) There are those few great people who enjoy reading journals and forums but for the rest it is just a paycheck. They think because they can already perform the skill, it makes them as good as a doctor who can do the same. They don't care to understand why or how it works they just want to be told they are awesome because they can do it.
The standards of EMS quite honestly seem to get lower and lower. (I believe it is actually the only form of medical provider that can physically administer real treatments that does not require a single college credit in many areas)
I don't like picking on people, but the posts in this thread by "leoemt" are a prime example of how low EMS is falling. Someone comes into a thread, states blatantly that they are new and learning and then writes an essay length response to justify the fact that they are right, and we are wrong because their inexperienced and incompetent EMT class instructor told them otherwise. The "i know everything" mindset is too widespread in EMS at this point to be reversed.
As I have said before, EMS will die. Not today, not tomorrow, but eventually. Some would say this is a harsh statement but I see it as a completely plausible reality evidenced by the fact that healthcare costs continue to rise, EMS services are costing municipalities money instead of profiting in many areas and the biggest factor being that the medical world is advancing at speeds far beyond that which is fathomable by the base level EMS provider to keep up with. Once it all comes crumbling down, and it will, we can rebuild with an entirely new set of plans all together.
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