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When you force people to do many things in order to keep the ONE job they truly want, you end up with stuff like this.
Click link for full story:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/29/EMT_scandal_embarrasses_Mass_town/UPI-98491230571266/
The allegations were focused on the majority of the town's police officers, who are suspected of falsifying records to obtain bonus pay for also serving as EMT workers.
or this:
Of course "fire officials" say training is adequate. How come we never see articles like this in regards to Fire Training??? Where is the department's focus, where is the money spent?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/30/MN4M14R20R.DTL
Medics inadequately trained
Emergency experts cite insufficient training as a key factor affecting the city's 911 medical services.
Training is crucial because paramedics need to master an array of life-saving skills and identify patients who require urgent hospital care, such as stroke and trauma victims. Medics also must operate complex medical equipment to ascertain the adequacy of breathing and speed or control a patient's heart rate.
But San Francisco's Fire Department "continues to struggle with adequate staffing" for training its medics, Dr. John Brown, medical director of the San Francisco Emergency Medical Services Agency, wrote in August to the Fire Department.
Brown cited staffing deficiencies in training, quality improvement and data management as potentially affecting patient care. In recent years, the department's medical training staff has been reduced.
Hsieh said training for the city's medics is particularly weak for those who administer drugs or use intubation techniques to create a rescue airway for breathing.
Intubations are among the most risky activities for paramedics. San Francisco paramedics encounter about 750 to 800 patients each year who require intubations. But many of the city's paramedics rarely perform intubations, and they receive limited training in intubations of live patients, as opposed to mannequins and cadavers.
"The department needs to have the training opportunities necessary to help maintain proficiency in the absence of experience," Hsieh said. "It isn't like riding a bicycle, and there's the potential of people to die."
Fire officials insist that their training of medics is adequate.
"Our new influx of employees is very well-trained," said Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Pete Howes. "In the fog of battle, they're working for the good of the patient."
But, he added, the training staff for medics will probably be reduced further due to budget cuts.
Click link for full story:
http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/12/29/EMT_scandal_embarrasses_Mass_town/UPI-98491230571266/
The allegations were focused on the majority of the town's police officers, who are suspected of falsifying records to obtain bonus pay for also serving as EMT workers.
or this:
Of course "fire officials" say training is adequate. How come we never see articles like this in regards to Fire Training??? Where is the department's focus, where is the money spent?
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/12/30/MN4M14R20R.DTL
Medics inadequately trained
Emergency experts cite insufficient training as a key factor affecting the city's 911 medical services.
Training is crucial because paramedics need to master an array of life-saving skills and identify patients who require urgent hospital care, such as stroke and trauma victims. Medics also must operate complex medical equipment to ascertain the adequacy of breathing and speed or control a patient's heart rate.
But San Francisco's Fire Department "continues to struggle with adequate staffing" for training its medics, Dr. John Brown, medical director of the San Francisco Emergency Medical Services Agency, wrote in August to the Fire Department.
Brown cited staffing deficiencies in training, quality improvement and data management as potentially affecting patient care. In recent years, the department's medical training staff has been reduced.
Hsieh said training for the city's medics is particularly weak for those who administer drugs or use intubation techniques to create a rescue airway for breathing.
Intubations are among the most risky activities for paramedics. San Francisco paramedics encounter about 750 to 800 patients each year who require intubations. But many of the city's paramedics rarely perform intubations, and they receive limited training in intubations of live patients, as opposed to mannequins and cadavers.
"The department needs to have the training opportunities necessary to help maintain proficiency in the absence of experience," Hsieh said. "It isn't like riding a bicycle, and there's the potential of people to die."
Fire officials insist that their training of medics is adequate.
"Our new influx of employees is very well-trained," said Assistant Deputy Fire Chief Pete Howes. "In the fog of battle, they're working for the good of the patient."
But, he added, the training staff for medics will probably be reduced further due to budget cuts.
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