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Started this discussion. Last reply by dr-exmedic Aug 4.
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it a small tribe, very small. . .
Reading level!= ability for someone in that grade level to pass it.
and, at least at the EMT-B level, the national exam is not that hard.
Michele,
In the context intended here, the term "profession" is used to mean "a calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive academic preparation". and a "professional" is someone who engages in said profession as a career...
Are you saying that if you don't have a college "DEGREE" you are not professional? Because you are so wrong if that is your intent. Illinois is just now going to where a college education wil be required to become a EMT or a paramedc, things are c...
It's hard to believe that I just finished my third week here and it has flown by. . .
Toured about half of the Northern Neck the first week and then spent the day on the Peninsula the third week - so far so good. Ant thanks to those taking the tim...
from Oregon. Last position was Clinical Manager for private service in the Willamette Valley.
BTW, I am now in VA, and start my new postion as the Assistant Director for Pensinulas EMS Council in Goucester. Hope to begin meeting some of you in th...
Wow, "Jerkoff"? You're my hero.
I thought I stated very clearly that I agree with more education being needed for Basic level medics... maybe I was vague on that point.
I also thought that I merely made known that those of us with inferior educa...
And the more we try to hide stuff from the public, the more they'll wonder what there is to hide, and then we'll wonder why they don't support us at tax time any more....
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- EMT-B - Superior Ambulance, Escondido, CA
EMT-B & EMT-P - Hemet Valley Ambulance, Hemet, CA
Firefighter & EMT-B, EMT-P - Riverside County Fol Fire Dept @ Ryan Field, Hemet, CA
EMT-B - Doctors Ambulance, Tustin, CA
EMT-P & FTO - Goodhew Ambulance, Riverside, CA
EMT-P & TO - Grande Ronde Hospital Ambulance, La Grande, OR
EMT-P & FTO - Care Ambulance, Portland, OR
EMS Coordinator - Multnomah County EMS Office, Portland, OR
Professional Standards Officer & Mobile Training Coordinator - State of Oregon EMS&Trauma Systems Office, Portland, OR
EMS Liaison - District 6; Central Vermont Medical Center, Barre, VT
Clinical Manager - Rural Metro Ambulance, Salem, OR
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