RocketMedic
Californian, Lost in Texas
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*Disclaimer: This isn't a slight against firefighters, and it's not necessarily targeting the high-functioning fire departments out there that do the right things, or even the fire-medics that actually do their jobs the right way.
*Disclaimer 2: I'm not a firefighter, not particularly interested in being a firefighter.
So we hear a constant stream of anecdotes from across the nation, mostly from larger cities with big fire-based EMS systems, and there's a pretty common thread- systems operating at the limits of their operational capacity constantly, long shifts, provider and patient abuse, and terrible medical practice. So, why is this happening?
*Disclaimer 2: I'm not a firefighter, not particularly interested in being a firefighter.
So we hear a constant stream of anecdotes from across the nation, mostly from larger cities with big fire-based EMS systems, and there's a pretty common thread- systems operating at the limits of their operational capacity constantly, long shifts, provider and patient abuse, and terrible medical practice. So, why is this happening?