NYMedic828
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The only time I actually do the same stuff as doctors is when I'm sitting in a patient's house, working through an H&P trying to figure out what's going on. When we get to the ambulance and *if* we drive lights and sirens, I'm typically doing the same stuff as nurses.
I very rarely see doctors touch actual syringes or needles, or actually put patients on the monitor or sit beside them closely monitoring their condition.
Yeah, not so much on the physician thing.
I think y'all are taking that too seriously. Though I would change the MPH. I don't even go that slow in my own car.
I only know one person that can claim that, he has his MD from the carribians and is working in his USMLE, and even though he has his MD he doesn't use any of his MD skills as an EMT, he respects his scope as an emt.
Emts are not allowed to diagnose I've heard of people getting fired for attempting to dx.
I've only seen him do further assessments such as thyroid, heart sounds, maybe nerve examination sometimes but above that he doesn't try to intervene with anything else, my best guess is that he wants to play it safe. Emts are not allowed to diagnose I've heard of people getting fired for attempting to dx.
Maybe joeblow cookbook protocol monkey thinks that way. But it dishonors the rest of us that take the time to learn more then what was touched on in the initial training.
According to the RN giving us EMS class we are trained to keep the pt breathing and living till they get to an ER.