emtjennings

[/font:83e474483b] I HAVE WORKED IN TEXAS FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS AND HAVE SEEN THE MANY LIMITS THAT ARE PUT ON BASICS MOST OF OUR SERVICES DOWN HERE THE BASICS ARE JUST DRIVERS AND GOPHERS I HAVE RECENTLY GONE ON TO A NEW SERVICE AND WE AS BASICS ARE DOING EVERYTHING FROM VITALS TO PUSHING FIRST LINE DRUGS THE ONLY THINGS I DON'T DO IS SEDATE, NARCS, SURGICAL AIRWAY, RSI MEDS... BUT WITH ALL THAT, WE GO THRU SOME VERY RIGOROUS TRAINING WHICH COMES UP TO BE ABOUT 9 MONTHS.... SO AS A BASIC IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING AND INSIST ON BEING EDUCATED ABOUT THE EQUIPMENT WE ALL USE... PLUS ONE DAY YOU MIGHT BE IN THAT PARAMEDICS SHOES AND THEN WONDER WHY YOU NEVER TOOK THE TIME TO LEARN WHAT IS WHAT AND HOW IS IT USED, BESIDES MY RULE IS IF YOU DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE IT, THEN DON'T USE IT... :wink: