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Where to go from here? I do not know how true it is but I think dump trucks have air conditioners too. When I went through the paramedic program some years ago I believe that each chapter listed objectives which were concepts that needed to be ach...
Great questions. The clinical and field internships are so hard to do well but are vital in making good paramedics. Now to respond to your questions specifically.
1. This question would have to be applied to programs individually. There is such a...
Skip, by no means am I judging you and I sincerely apologize if I gave that impression. I honestly think you’re very thought provoking on the topics you address. Furthermore, credentialing is a broad meaning word that I perhaps didn’t use properly...
First of all, you have no right to judge me, thank you very much. I will appreciate it if you keep your comments professional.
Candidates for employment, in EMS agencies or hospitals, are not already credentialed. They have a state license, which...
Skip you’re obviously a very intelligent person who has perhaps been in management too long, and sadly perhaps, have lost focus of the true objectivity of the science of delivering out of hospital care. Subjectivity is the judgment based on indivi...
This sounds like much more of a problem with the preceptor, rather than the patient. Obviously he had a beef that she had no experience as an EMT in the 911 system, and he was going to make sure everyone knew the tired old "BLS before ALS" crap. I...
1. The field practice of EMS is a subjective art. You can't objectively something that is inherently subjective.
2. If we have untrained preceptors, then shame on the schools and the agencies. Preceptors should be trained to do what the school or...
Please see Field Training Officer: Tips and Techniques for FTOs, Preceptors, and Mentors, by Bruce Nepon and Barry Eberly; Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2008. This is an outstanding book and it objectifies criteria for evaluating performance in t...
That is scary, why would a program allow one person that much control. People by nature are falable and make mistakes. One would think that there would be a system of checks and balances...
Think I have been subject to the same school, think we would have come out better following the hours instead ?
She has zero experience in a 911 system. Prior to paramedic school she worked as an EMT for a private company doing just interfacility transfers. She graduated number one in her class and was very successful in her clinicals. When she began her fi...
Not every college follows the hours required options, Rob. Mine, and many in Tennessee, follow the patient-contact model.
As far as the clinical evaluation criteria for students, by regulations they have to be approved (atleast at the college I w...
Chance, you wrote in item 2: "As far as I know, there are NO programs that base their success or failure of paramedic students by the word of a single preceptor alone. And if they do, they open themselves up for significant legal risk. Also, AFAIK...
1) The practice of paramedicine is primarily based on anectdote and tradition at this current time. We're doing better in falling in line with scientific studies and better practices, but it will always remain this in some capacity. The judging of...
1. Is preceptor evaluation of paramedic students too subjective?
2. Are we giving preceptors too much power, without the proper education or national standards, to subjectively determine pass or failure of paramedic students when no other "degree'...
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- Role in EMS
- Paramedic/EMT-I/EMT-D, Firefighter/Paramedic, Instructor/Educator, Other
- Primary Agency/Department Type
- Educational, Non-Profit
- Primary Department/Agency Name
- International 1582 Foundation
- Years in EMS/Public Safety
- 30
- Other Past or Current Departments
- American Medical Response
Sunnyvale Department of Public Safety-QRV Paramedic
Los Angeles County Fire Department
- My Training:
- EMS training: Daniel Freeman Hospital, CONTOMS
Mt San Antonio College.
- About Me
- After Retirement and graduation with my doctorate in 2005, I created the International 1582 Foundation. This foundation is created to research, publish, and lecture to Fire and EMS professional in the concept of "predictive physiological regulation" , Allostasis and Allostatic Load Biomarkers/metrics.
- Day Job
- Instructor and Consultant
- I Love Being in Fire/EMS Because
- I loved the "job"
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Evidence for what, though? I can think of a thousand things that survive politically that are terrible ideas, and a thousand good ideas that don't have a snowball's chance in hell. :) I also know people who would classify each of my thousand in th...
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Thank you, sir, for making my point, which was "that if there aren't enough people to go on fire and EMS calls because they're on police matters, it tells me that they didn't hire enough people." Meaning, these systems didn't (nec...
I'm still waiting for the link to the recording of the Virtual Summit.
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