What can a EMT-I do.

EMT-I: I drive
I intubate
I V
I clean the truck
 
100JOULES said:
EMT-I: I drive
I intubate
I V
I clean the truck
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I bet your EMT partners hate you.

From reading the few posts you have on here you sound like a burnt-out, crotchety old geezer. But my opinion doesn't count because I'm a rook right?

Get off your soapbox old man.
 
In New Jersey there are Paramedics or EMT- B's. For the people who may have their certification as an EMT-I they are only able to practice as a EMT-B...
 
NVRob said:
I bet your EMT partners hate you.

From reading the few posts you have on here you sound like a burnt-out, crotchety old geezer. But my opinion doesn't count because I'm a rook right?

Get off your soapbox old man.
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I don't have EMT partners. I work in a system that's 2 Medic per truck. Also, the EMTs that I do PRECEPT, learn a lot and are never demeaned.

In the words of my DI, "Do I know you? Do I owe you money? Then don't talk to me!"
 
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hippocratical said:
Wait a second... I thought that a EMT-I was like a Canadian Primary Care Provider (PCP/EMT), but around my parts that's a 400 class hours + clinicals (plus being an EMR first too, which is 140 hours).

This forum always confuses me like that.
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That is also what I was trying to figure out but a PCP can't start a IV unless a ACP is around. And a PCP studies 2 years.
 
Steveb said:
Wow Canadian Medics who study two years can't even start IV's lucky...
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The Canadian system is probably far superior. It's not that the Canadian system is so much behind as it is the American system is so much more screwed up.
 
Steveb said:
That is also what I was trying to figure out but a PCP can't start a IV unless a ACP is around. And a PCP studies 2 years.
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I'm a PCP and I didn't do 2 years of school, ACP around here does 2 years. Right now PCPs here can't initiate IVs we can only do maintenance, they've been working on standardizing across Canada, but it hasn't happened yet.
 
100JOULES said:
In the words of my DI, "Do I know you? Do I owe you money? Then don't talk to me!"
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Wow. That's a great attitude to have on a discussion forum.
 
Steveb said:
Wow Canadian Medics who study two years can't even start IV's lucky...
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Ontario is different from the rest of Canada. PCPs in most provinces are doing iv now and it won't be long before it is across Canada. A pcp program is usually 9 months to a year. Then another year or 2 for ACP. The NOCP recently updated their scope of practice for EMR, PCP, ACP and CCP. IVs are now in the PCP scope. With the number of provinces that use the NOCP as a baseline it wont be long before it is canada wide.
 
Isn't this where the thread gets closed because nothing constructive is going to come from this?
 
100JOULES said:
Did you see what the guy said to me to warrant that?
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Medic Tim said:
Ontario is different from the rest of Canada. PCPs in most provinces are doing iv now and it won't be long before it is across Canada. A pcp program is usually 9 months to a year. Then another year or 2 for ACP. The NOCP recently updated their scope of practice for EMR, PCP, ACP and CCP. IVs are now in the PCP scope. With the number of provinces that use the NOCP as a baseline it wont be long before it is canada wide.
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I thought they could only Start it if they are with a ACP
 
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