You’re Prepared to Ask?
I’d like to hear the toughest question you can think to ask me about EMS, the EMT life, career success, overcoming challenges and doing the job of an EMT. Lay them on me. Right here, right now. Click on the comments box and give it your best shot. Anything is fair game.
I’ll answer your question in a future post. The quality of that post is entirely dependant on the quality of the questions asked, so I need you to come through on this one. You’ve been dying to ask … let’s hear it.
When do you know you are no longer meant to be an EMT?
OK, this may be harder than I thought. Good one David
I am 54 and going to EMT-I school in Jan. Is that to old? I am wondering if I have lost my mind.
How can you get a service to realize that it is
more important to get real High Quality new paramedics instead of just passing everyone who applies because they need numbers on the road?
Can you ‘learn’ how to be a great paramedic or is it just something that is inside of you?
Why are we here and what’s the meaning of life???
This one is from the wife!
What is te difference between a good paramedic and an exceptional paramedic? Both do the job well, but what can someone do to make themselves ‘shine’ amongst a crowd of peers?
Another one from the wife:
Some say that you shouldn’t become emotionally involved with patients, however, how can you truly care for your patients without having that intimate connection?
As usual … I start with high expectations and then I get blown away. These are phenominal questions. Can’t wait to dive in to my answers.
Do we have any prayer of getting American EMS to where it should be from where it is today? Or will volunteers, fire departments, Generation Y, and the American tendency towards mediocrity doom us all?
Which EMS models produce faster response times and better outcomes? All ALS, or BLS / ALS combo.
Should BLS be trained and allowed to administer (not assist) some drugs without Medical Control?
A tough question? I’ll just be the first to say it, but we’re all thinking it. What’s the grossest thing you’ve ever seen? And you can’t say lima beans on a pizza.
Alright, heres one. I’m a paramedic student and have yet to completely grasp this. So I have yet to find an answer that is behind the physiology between NTG and Inferior wall MI associated with the right ventricle with what is going on to drop the pressure and potentially harm (kill) your Pt.