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Does anybody know of any companies that hire EMT B to work w/ flight medics?
up north in canada some places hire EMT's to assist the flight medics/flight nurses. the emts training is more in line with the EMT-I or AEMT in the US. some places up there have no EMS licensing body or standards. so whatever your doc signs you off on you are good to use.
Does anybody know of any companies that hire EMT B to work w/ flight medics?
45 y/o snowmobiler went a$$-over-tea-kettle in the back country :mellow:
On a more serious note, considering how expensive it is to fly a bird I don't imagine any serive would use for an EMT.
I'm not sure if this is still the case, but for a time Maryland State Police flew with only medic so if they needed extra hands a basic would sometimes "ride in" with them.
They still do, I've flown with them before. It's not a terrible idea, since it doesn't cost MSP anything to have extra hands, and it's rare to have a basic or medic that wouldn't like to ride in the bird for a bit.
The only issue is it forces the helicopter to return the provider to his home station, which could mean an extra 30 minutes or so of flight time to go back from Shock Trauma to the scene, and then back to base, with all the dangers that go along with that.
There's talk of them putting two medics on their new helicopters though, which would probably mean an end to that practice.
It would be a good way to save money...
Please elaborate on this. From a fiscal standpoint, you are correct. From a delivery of care standpoint, I would disagree that an EMT would be beneficial.