Do you volunteer to pick up trash, paint the playground, provide meals on wheels too? ....
Well, actually some of that yes. As do other folks around here. Volunteerism is what makes this part of the world survive.
Let's remove the sirens, the patches and the titles. No l/s on P.O.V.'s, no badges no personal I.D.'s or decals allowed on the windshield, tags, etc...
Not a problem. Actually, looking a certain sigs around here titles seem to be a big deal.
... Now, with that saying ...just how proficient are you in delivering that care? Do you make more than 20+ calls a month, do you take more than 50-100 vital signs a month?
Nope, don't have that kind of volume out here.
Would you want to see a physician that only seen one patient a month or attended a week end course to keep up in medicine? Again, that is what your supposed to be delivering.
Ah, I think most folks would rather see someone, anyone, who has better training and/or more knowledge of a subject than they do. As far as delivering medicine? Thought we were delivering pre-hospital care for the sick and injured; i.e., give 'em a chance to reach a higher level of care. After all, isn't that what the tiered care system is all about?
In regards to those communities that can't afford EMS, I call B.S. Do they have paid LEO, paid dispatchers, water works, a sanitation department? Yes? Then they can afford and EMS.
One can call BS until the cows come home. There ARE large parts of the country that don't have paid water works, sanitation, and LE is typically provided by the county.
It is all about priorities. Unfortunately, those that declare to be in EMS (even though they know very little about the system or health care) will attempt to place a band-aid on a arterial bleed. All in good faith, but for their own interest and not for the patients.
Right - there are thousands of volunteers doing EMS and all of them are doing it for their self interest. Guess the highly educated, dedicated professionals are just doing for the check. My bad.
There are areas that will always have to depend upon fine volunteer participants but that is unique and should never be the norm.
So sorry, but it is the norm in large parts of this country. The nearest hospital (and paid EMS) from my community is one and one half hours away. There are parts of this state where it's more than 4 hours and the nearest trauma center is several hundred miles distant. Are you saying that each and everyone of these little ranching communities should just suck it up and hire dedicated EMS when they don't have such basics as a grocery store within a hundred miles? One could suggest a trip west might broaden one's horizons.
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