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Amen to that...back those days about doctors doing house calls. >>As for the Flight Medic hero worship you witnessed Amy, The ED staff does realise most of the interventions were done by the ground crew right? << Jake, I don't know what they were thinking...ground crew treated as the taxi people, who can't do anything but basic stuff and transport? I hope not. A little off-topic from doctors -- I had problem with one hospital where nurses would directly talk to medics instead of EMTs when the patient assessment was done by the EMT. It drove me insane. The fix to the problem: wear my jacket over my uniform to cover my EMT patch...it worked!

I normally sit aside and read the forums... Well, I'll say something about the past experiences. I did a call from a nursing home to the ER, emergency call which was just a minor one. My partner banged out so it was replaced with a paramedic with a flight medic certified. I've never worked with a flight medic before but he sure did know his stuff. I am the EMT. Well, we walked into this hospital (almost outside of Dallas) and the nurses were treating him like nothing because of the "paramedic" patch as well as the blue uniform that we wear. I didn't know what was going on as I was cleaning up the truck while he was trying to give his report...they won't listen to him until he asked if they remember that he brought in a patient in the morning from the helicopter. Boy, that did made them listen. He got pissed off because of the way the nurses as well as the doctors were treating the paramedics AND the EMTs because of their patches and uniforms. When the flight medics are around with those jumpsuits, they listen as if they bow to them. In religious aspect: doctors are servants of God. If they are just doing it "their way" and being like God to save everybody, something is wrong with the picture...why did they become doctors in the first place? Money OR patient care OR trying to be heroes with pride? Same goes with nurses. What would our world be without EMTs and medics? Who would clean up the dirty work on the streets? Maybe the orderly attendants (I think that's what they were called in the past of 1950's and 1960's) just pick up injured and dump them in the ER with no treatment...that would give nurses and doctors a lot more work load. They should be GLAD that they have EMTs and medics to do the "pre-hospital care" that takes some of the load off their backs and not bring the dead or near dead to their ER...where is the respect in that? Doctors and nurses need to spend more time in our field.

I may be late in responding to this post too. Good luck and DON'T give up...there are ways to accommodate around your disability. I have two disabilities and I got through EMT class fine. People around me didn't think I could do it...I knew that they were wrong and I proved it. I had to conquer fear first. Then, I took an EMT book and read it from front to back before I took the college EMT class...passed it with an A. I can't learn by listening but by reading. I have APD (Auditory Processing Disorder) which wasn't discover till now as well as having a hearing disability since birth. I'm a fluent lip reader and able to understand someone without a voice (ones with laryngostoma and usually have a tube in it). So, my point is...don't give up hope. We are all not perfect... I'd stay away from the arrogant people who are negative in everything...it's a waste of time. The people that are positive and very encouraging is the best to be with (are very wise). Good luck! ~Amy~

Easy way, before you start to panic: Keep airway open...load and RUN to the hospital! LOL.

I wonder why the "jerks" became medics. It doesn't look like there is any compassion toward patients as well as everybody around. It looks more like the "jerks" wants to play god, have pride, and impress nurses or females around. They won't last long if they keep that up. I have worked with strange people in my times and I can't stand the ones that are jerks and bad attitudes. The reason why I became an EMT was in God's hands by helping people...not just for money and not to play god or be better than everybody. Kindness can kill a person.

Dustdevil, I'm only talking about having education should have a better title than ambulance driver which equals to no education in public.

GROWLS loudly...lots of hours of learning on top of many years of experience. This is 2008...not 1960's.

This is a very touchy subject...religious issues are always augmentative. I do bible studies through my church doing a 10-16 week course in the fall and spring semesters...I'm very active with my church. So, on this subject...God created ALL people and our blood is the same but different AB types. I wonder where they came up with thinking that blood transfusion is bad. To help someone is the goodness in God's eyes...especially donating your blood...same as giving food and money to the poor. I think it is a shame that they won't agree with accepting blood giving to them to give to their child...could be in God's plans...nobody knows the mystery of it. God can put people in the right time and right places to help those in need. You turn down the help...you just turned down the mystery that we can't see behind all this...God's.

*roll eyes* I use to work in Dallas and when my city permit was almost expired, my supervisor was going to give me a call to go to Houston for a pick up to take the patient to Oklahoma City...the hell with that, I would have quit because my hubby was working in dispatch and I had a son who is in daycare...who is going to take care of my son? Large ambulance companies don't care about you or the patient or if you have family...they care about profits. *sigh*

You did the right thing to call the ER and you got verbal order of not to resucitate... One thing I would add to that is get your run report signed by the "doctor" that stated that over the phone to protect your rear end. These days, everything seems to be rules, rules, rules, and more rules as well as a bunch of protocols. *sigh*