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This question is kinda odd, but first for those who don't know me since I haven't been here in a while, I'm 17 and training to become an EMT-B.

Ok, so today I was playing on xbox 360. ( I know this site isn't for gaming but it ties in with legal matter etc.) However, my gamer tag has the word "paramedic" in it but while playing some random player messaged me asking, where am I a paramedic for.My response was I'm not a medic its just a gamertag and for that purpose only.Then I got a reply saying I fail and so on.I asked how so and got the reply "because your claiming to be someone your not".Now If this person payed attention before I stated "im not a medic just a tag like everyone else".Now is it me or is this person stupid to think i did something wrong here ?

In any form or way, is having paramedic in my name a problem ? Because apparently to this person they made it seem like it was a crime to write paramedic and so on in my gamertag.

Sorry for how stupid this question sounds but, I really don't know legal matter beyond the EMT laws and ethics etc. from my training,but I'm under 18 so my knowledge with laws is only a little more than basic.Majority of you probably know a hell of alot more, so I'd thought I'd get your guys opinion on this.
 
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It's not a crime in my jurisdiction unless you're actually offering to help with medical stuff. Can't speak for your laws, but I doubt you're going to be subject to legal action over it.

That being said, unless it's something like "wannabe_medic," it's misleading and disrespectful to those who've actually earned the title.
 
Seaglass said:
That being said, unless it's something like "wannabe_medic," it's misleading and disrespectful to those who've actually earned the title.
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Remind me to get uppidity every time a paramedic gets the nickname "doc" since they haven't earned the title.
 
JPINFV said:
Remind me to get uppidity every time a paramedic gets the nickname "doc" since they haven't earned the title.
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A nickname someone else gives you is a lot easier to defend than one you make up for yourself. Besides, in the places I've seen where medics get addressed as "Doc," nobody's confusing them for actual doctors.

If someone came on here with the screenname "Knowitall, MD"--and it wasn't obviously a joke--I'd also find that obnoxious. Not that I'd say so unless asked.
 
I say I'm a paramedic sometimes. Some people will ask me what I do for a living and I will say "an EMT". Most of the people don't know what that is, so I resort to saying "I'm a paramedic" or "I work on the ambulance".
 
Seaglass said:
A nickname someone else gives you is a lot easier to defend than one you make up for yourself. Besides, in the places I've seen where medics get addressed as "Doc," nobody's confusing them for actual doctors.
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Anyone who confuses a game handle with something in the real world is an idiot. If I saw someone with a similar name, I'd simply connect it to the fact that many games has a medic class.

Are you sure it isn't confusing to patients when one of the providers is being referred to as "doc?" Additionally, if someone who isn't a paramedic who is using the term "medic" is being disrespectful, how is it not disrespectful for people who either aren't a physician or don't hold a doctorate degree to be called doc? Either both are being disrespectful or neither are.
 
JPINFV said:
Anyone who confuses a game handle with something in the real world is an idiot. If I saw someone with a similar name, I'd simply connect it to the fact that many games has a medic class.

Are you sure it isn't confusing to patients when one of the providers is being referred to as "doc?" Additionally, if someone who isn't a paramedic who is using the term "medic" is being disrespectful, how is it not disrespectful for people who either aren't a physician or don't hold a doctorate degree to be called doc? Either both are being disrespectful or neither are.
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I hadn't considered the possibility that it might refer to the game. I wouldn't see a problem with that.

It's all about setting and who comes up with the nickname. If patients call a provider "Doc," fine--especially in a military or police context, where it's commonly understood. (If that provider actually thinks there's confusion, he should try to clarify, ideally.) It's only when someone who isn't a physician or Ph.D. starts introducing himself as a doctor that I see a problem. On the internet, though, it's only an etiquette problem.
 
Cutting my teeth in military medicine, I was used to being called "Doc," by both the Marines I took care of (they took care of me also) and eventually being an Independent Duty Corpsman on a small ship. I had two hundred sailors on board and I was their "Doc". They knew I wasn't a doctor, but it was the closest they had.

Your a EMT (either paramedic or basic) and in an emergent situation, you're the closest thing to a doc and since you're an extension of your medical director, I don't see the problem.

A screen name is just that, it can be anything you can dream up.
 
Call yourself what you want. Call yourself a one-eyed, one horn, flying purple people eater. It's a gamer tag. Who cares?
 
You may all now refer to me as Dr. Pain...
 
jpmedic21 said:
Im not a paramedic I just play one one on xbox.
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Side note: I actually had the first game in the series as a kid. I should buy the recent edition just to see how well I can do without using the in game support.
 
MSDeltaFlt said:
Call yourself what you want. Call yourself a one-eyed, one horn, flying purple people eater. It's a gamer tag. Who cares?
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Is the people eater purple or does the people eater eat purple people?
 
Oh how I love a good xbox fight :P
 
You can only hit someone with an xbox so many times before someone is declared a winner. Xbox fights are no laughing matter.
 
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