I would hope EMS is going to the closest approriate medical facility, wellness clinic or hospital.
Wellness clinic? What can they do? Most of them do not perform any major medications, or even IV's .. We are banned from transporting any patient to such, in actuality we do more for the patient than they do. They call us to treat emergency patients.
I am glad to see you acknowledged appropriate instead of just closest. This may mean bypassing two other hospitals while doing so, and increasing transportation time, but saving time in the long run.
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My point is that a good percentage of RN's out there are not that great and some are down right a disgrace to the system. Does this mean that all RN's should now have MSN to do their job. ICU RN's are a top notch group,(I know, my wife is one) but they are a select few..
So yes, let's fight for better education in EMS, but stop comparing us to RN's. That is apples to oranges. ICU RN's may know our skills, but very few use them or are proficient in them. So lets keep this education deal about ems. That is the only way we will ever project ems to the future.
I'm kind of at a loss here. You really don't think very highly of EMS anymore do you? That's fine, you've moved on, but like I've said, this is where you started...why not try and improve the system instead of looking to take it down?