firefighter139

As an instructor who has taught for many of year I was just wondering how many instructors include hands on training to new EMT students as often as possible during class time? The reason why I ask is as also an State evaluator during practicals, I see so many students that even struggle with baseline vitals. I had one student tell me once my b/p was 210/163 while I was sitting and at rest. So when I asked this student how much hands on training they had received they said maybe an hour through out the whole semester. ONE HOUR for everything this student is suppose to know how to do? I am running into this more and more which makes me wonder of the quality of instruction we are giving. It is very sad if instructors are sending new EMT's out into this wild and crazy world knowing every big word in the book but has no clue how to utilize it once it is in their hands. I know they keep cutting back our teaching hours but PLEASE include the hands on!!! Teaching an hour each class of hands on will go much future than an hour of book work anytime. If you would like suggestions how I teach the class at our local college or at the Vol. Fire Dept. or at the paid service I work for just post me. :wink:

First off, this happens to hundreds of people each year. It is a normal procedure to do, why all of the sudden is this one case controlling the world and deciding our future right to die? To you or I starving is a cruel way to die but to a person who has no (normal) brain functions and by the meds the Dr's will give her she will die a very peaceful death. Dr's use this procedure all the time. Second I also agree that it is her husband who the Dr's should listen to. I have talked many times to my wife about having the plug pulled but never to my parents or other family members. It just isn't a subject you bring up at the dinner table or at family get togethers. Third, who do you think is paying for all of her medical care all these years... yup us. Once her million dollar claim was settled that money went to her care. Once that was gone (which probably didn't take to long) she had no more insurance. It has been proved that there is no way any treatment would help her or is there any treatment even being tested that would help her. It also is proved that her body movements are just nerves twitching not controlled movements. So her husband has every right to say "let her die in peace" now.

I do it all :wink: Fire, rescue, haz mat and EMT-B/Instructor/evaluator for the state of Iowa and for a private chemical company (25 yrs). Teach EMT classes for the local comm. college (4yrs) and help evaluate the newbies when they take their practicals. Then in my spare time (ha ha) I teach AHA CPR.