We had over an hour until our next pickup and did not have a patient at the time. I have links to TDSHS regulations on my computer. I asked a handful of EMS educators about this situation, and they all stated that they would have stopped. To me, this situation crosses the line from being an EMT to being a human with morals.
I left the job for more than just this situation. Add to it, the owner who would jump on trucks to make up for lack of staffing-he wasn't an EMT, lack of permitting/authorization for half the areas we transported, and the paramedic in question (who could do no wrong in the owner's eyes) constantly dumping in his calls on the other crews, which would make me late to class.
Obviously, he is a lazy burnout, if he quit HFD after only 10 years. Either way, we could go round and round about morals and ethics in EMS. There have probably been many discussions about it. I'll agree to disagree and stay on the topic of poorly trained medics and intubation.