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Rural EMS Crews Fear Proposed Rules
CURT WOODWARD
Associated Press
CENTER, N.D. (AP) -- When there's a car crash or a heart attack near this rural town, the emergency medical technicians who rush to help are familiar faces from the high school, the county clerk's office and the coal mine.
The 17 members of the Center ambulance squad who serve nearly all of Oliver County are volunteers, much like most EMTs in the state.
And like many of their counterparts around the country, members of the Center squad are worried that proposed national standards could more than double the amount of training they must have and thin their ranks.
Whole Article HERE
it looks like they are talking about changing the NREMT / DOT curr. again.
IT would be NICE if the Feds MANDATED the SAME training and Certs for EVERYONE, but that won't happen.
Jon
CURT WOODWARD
Associated Press
CENTER, N.D. (AP) -- When there's a car crash or a heart attack near this rural town, the emergency medical technicians who rush to help are familiar faces from the high school, the county clerk's office and the coal mine.
The 17 members of the Center ambulance squad who serve nearly all of Oliver County are volunteers, much like most EMTs in the state.
And like many of their counterparts around the country, members of the Center squad are worried that proposed national standards could more than double the amount of training they must have and thin their ranks.
Whole Article HERE
it looks like they are talking about changing the NREMT / DOT curr. again.
IT would be NICE if the Feds MANDATED the SAME training and Certs for EVERYONE, but that won't happen.
Jon
