Working EMT wearing Paramedic patch

3 days, 5 hours and 30 minutes. thats how long this insane ridiculous debate has gone on.
 
Yes. The first post is quite confusing. I had trouble understanding whether he was an EMT-B, medic student or a new hire wearing a medic patch.
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Medics here in Jersey work BLS alot, when OT is not available. We are usually compensated at a higher EMT rate, or even a "special" MICP working EMT pay grade.
Some wear EMT patches, most wear the NJ MICP patch.
Why?
Because there are only 3231 (last I heard) NJ MICPs out there. Its somewhat of a pride thing.
 
maxwell said:
Welcome to EMS. Nonsense. Complete nonsense. Patch-on!
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Patch off. If not a Paramedic per his service he has no right to wear the Patch.
 
Medics here pick up BLS shifts all the time. We wear OUR uniform. With MICP patches, and PARAMEDIC name tape.

You ARE a medic.
 
BLSBoy said:
Medics here pick up BLS shifts all the time. We wear OUR uniform. With MICP patches, and PARAMEDIC name tape.

You ARE a medic.
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If they are allowed to use the Paramedic protocol I see no problem. This guy does not have that ability per his statements.
 
medic417 said:
If they are allowed to use the Paramedic protocol I see no problem. This guy does not have that ability per his statements.
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All we can do is BLS. Transport, or pre hospital.

If we had a 911 job, and linked up with the MICU, we could act as a medic.
 
BLSBoy said:
All we can do is BLS. Transport, or pre hospital.

If we had a 911 job, and linked up with the MICU, we could act as a medic.
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Therefore the need for the Paramedic patch. The OP could not do anything but BLS. Plus if as someone said he had moved to another state until that state says you are a Paramedic you aren't one there.
 
Dang, I return and there is a plethora or posts!

In summation when I originally posted: I received my state of FL Paramedic license. My company received a copy. I was going to start the training program (patch and all) in two weeks (from original post date). It was rumored that the uniform store was slow on putting on patches, I figured I'd do it a little bit ahead. My current work partner and many others I talked to stated that they wore their Paramedic shirts prior to the training program, whether it was two weeks or a month!


It was actually a complicated issue because they said I would start the training program Jan. 4th and in the end there was a lot of shady business and that never happened, and no body ever told me either until that day came and passed and I was still in the EMT position...

Regardless, in retrospect I can see how it is not appropriate to wear the Paramedic patch until official training day, whether liability, etc. I think my situation was a bit different and it seems that this local policy was isolated to just me. My new start date is Feb. 15th (unless they change their minds and don't tell me again). We'll see... I apologize for any confusion in the original post. Yes, I'm sure it still says "Paramedic Student" under my avatar even though I am a paramedic. I also mentioned how my avatar is toast, but I assure everyone I am human and have arms/fingers to post this reply... Take it for what it is worth.

-rye
 
I lied. There have been 3247 NJ Paramedics.

I should know, I am #3247!:P^_^
 
I also mentioned how my avatar is toast, but I assure everyone I am human and have arms/fingers to post this reply... Take it for what it is worth.
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Gasp! How shocking! How dissapointing! I thought you were a piece of tasty bread!
 
Sasha said:
Gasp! How shocking! How dissapointing! I thought you were a piece of tasty bread!
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Does that mean you wanted to eat him up?
:P
 
Simply put, I knew a housecleaner in the hospital I work at that was a Nurse in, forgive me I can't remeber which central american country, before she came here. She was in the process of being recognized as such here, but while she was a nurse on paper she was a housecleaner in job. It would be wrong of her to walk into a room and say "Hi there I'm a nurse and will be cleaning your toilet."
Side note: she completed all the qualifications and is now an ICU shift supervisor, and has been doing an excellent job for the past 5 years. And she never insisted that she be called a nurse while she operated a mop.
 
Doug, I see some analogy between the two situations. Some.


-rye
 
jedirye said:
Doug, I see some analogy between the two situations. Some.


-rye
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A few of us on this forum hold multiple licenses. When working at one job, we may use only our title and licensure for that job to avoid confusion.

I do not put EMT-P anywhere in my signature at the hospital nor do I put RRT when working as a Paramedic. I have two very different scopes of practice for each license and prefer to avoid any misrepresentation or expectation to function at a higher or lower level when I am working for different medical directors.
 
Wearing a patch for different things? Huh?

I don't get it...



Oh well
 
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