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iTunes won't download them. Tried for a long time and the other day when I looked they weren't on there anymore. I will gladly host them for everyone to download. I hear they are good. I emailed but never heard anything back. I appreciate both your responses. That would be awesome! I...

Anyone ever find where I can download these? It seems that wherever they were hosted before the files are gone. Hoping someone has them stored somewhere. Thanks!

Hey Hockey! OHS has some openings right now and depending on your experience DynCorp does also. If you have any Law Enforcement exp then you can try Triple Canopy(Iraq), Academi(Afghan) or even SOC. There are also some opening in Qatar and Saudi. They don't pay as well but still not to bad...

I think that's what a lot of this is going to come down to. The ability of the paramedic to make determination on whether a patient needs to go to the ED and if not can their complaint be resolved on scene or do they need to go to a clinic.

I have to say I like their model. Alot of this talk has been about moving to a higher education/masters level for paramedics. As much as I like this I do believe what the UF area is doing along with Wake County EMS is probably going to be more likely. Look, you like working prehospital and...

@Clipper1 I like that the MD refers them CP to visit the pt. There are so many ways this all could play out. Thanks for the links!

Not sure what market you are in but I've personally seen a shortage in most. You can do a search for nursing travel jobs and find where hospitals are paying damn good money for a nurse to come to work from another state. My girlfriend works in the ICU and just took a contract in the ED at the...

Hate being stuck. We practiced on each other in school to so that was interesting. I've found,as most people probably do, that it's not that big a deal once they stick you. Still the leading up to it is rough for me. To make matters worse now that I am working overseas it seems I'm always...

I think that is still a much needed role and that wouldn't be what CPs would do. I don't see them as being so much home health and physical therapy. If that was needed upon visit they could put in an order for a PT or if a home health nurse was needed then that would be ordered. The pilot...

Someone is going to have to take care of this problem. If the enrollment is up that would be another way to fill the gap. There should be a pre-hospital specialty. @Clipper1 That sounds interesting also. One of the arguments thought is that paramedic with additional hours isn't enough...

I think it might help all the people who don't think this is a good idea if we take the "Paramedic" out of the equation. That seems to be where everyone is hung up thinking that these are going to be paramedics going out doing this. Maybe we should call it a Community Practitioner. Maybe one...

Great points. If the CP becomes a mid-level then we defeat the purpose of having it done cheaply by Paramedics. I agree with that. However, I think that the problem of having money to do it is just as big as the problem of having people to do it. These CPs can and should be educated as a...

Even though these are being called Community "Paramedics" I think there is some confusion. Noone is suggesting that we take paramedics off the street and throw them into a new role. These CPs would be a new level of care. They could still respond to emergencies if needed but would have to have...

Even if we had the money available to fund PAs and NPs going out, there isn't enough of them. They are needed where they are. If you take them out of the EDs and Clinics then you haven't really fixed the problem. The ED will have less providers and still be overloaded. And I'll take you up...

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Why then was it okay for nursing to develop a mid-level position? If they wanted to do more they should have attended PA or medical school. The point is that there is a giant gap that a pre-hospital mid-level could fill. Maybe the answer is for a PA specialty in prehospital...

Noone is trying to reinvent paramedics. This is an added role. No different than an RN becoming an NP. There are a lot of paramedics and nurses I've known that I couldn't start an IV to save their own life. There is always room for improvement and this runs from every level from an EMTB...

The other way this could go is that this isn't meant to be a practitioner level at all but rather just something to augment a stressed EMS and ED system. Something to relieve some of the volume. I think if they go that way with it they are missing the mark and going to have to revisit it...

Who knows where this will lead? The way I see it the Paramedic will remain the same and the BSP or the MSP will be more like the NP/PA. A practitioner that can practice out in the community. They won't be taught on a nursing model at all. Just like PAs are not. They will both receive all...

Sorry. I was typing when you posted this. My apologies if I have offended anyone. I have the utmost respect for RNs, OTs, PTs and everyone in the business. I will be marrying an DNP soon. :-)