Medics most trust professionals

[VentMedic]

I saw this on another forum and thought it would be a good follow up to the "Ambulance Driver" thread.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,21769807-1702,00.html

"On the rankings of most trusted professions, at the top of the list were ambulance officers, firefighters and nurses, while the least trusted were politicians, car salesmen and telemarketers.

Mr Moore said people trusted those in medical and emergency services roles because they had to.

"They are selfless people, they basically save people and they need to be trusted," he said.

"There is an element of heroism and we all respect that."

 

[Ridryder911]

Ironic that the Australians described "wiggles" in the same category. I know in the U.S., nurses have been listed in the top 5 for the past several years. This is even over physicians which was rated quite a bit lower than I had expected, yet again I get routinely get asked my opinion after a physician offers advice, this apparently happens most of the time.

I do believe we have an image problem in the U.S. and again part of that is our own fault of not controlling our profession. Now compare this to the Australian EMS and their entry requirements and how unified they are.

This is something we can work upon and will improve as we improve EMS and those involved in it.

R/r 911

 

[firecoins]

what are the Aussie EMS reqs?