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    Critical Care Paramedic yes or no?

    in General EMS Discussion

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    Thanks to all for your responses I'm definitely going to continue with the program regardless of what my co-workers think. 

    It is a tough call. On one hand you have the added education and understanding that will allow you to enhance patient care, even at your current scope. However, you also leave yourself at risk for PTSD because you will inevitably encounter that patient you could have saved because you knew how to save them. Afterall, you will be trained, but you will either lack the equipment or worse, the conviction to exceed your scope to save a life. I say worse because you cannot win, either you risk an end to your career and deprive any future patient of your expertise; or you live with the guilt of knowing what you could have done, but didn't.

    It's your heart. We can't tell you how to follow it.

     

     

     

     

     

    This is something I hadn't even considered but will definitely be keeping it in mind and deciding whether or not I want to stay where I am or go somewhere where my CCP certification will be useful. 

    Branching out

    in Meet and Greet

    Posted · Edited by MedicMotherRunner

    Hi all! Paramedic from TN just looking to branch outside of my little rural EMS bubble. I've been in EMS for 8 years, Paramedic for 2. Looking forward to seeing other perspectives and ideas. 

    Critical Care Paramedic yes or no?

    in General EMS Discussion

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    I'm currently enrolled in a Critical Care Paramedic course. I have no end goal with it I just had the money and the time and figured why not? I mean is furthering my education and skill set ever a bad thing? I will not receive higher pay at my current job but it will set me up to not only become certified as a Critical Care Paramedic but also as a Flight Paramedic if I should choose to go that route. Anyways, I hear my co-workers discussing MY decision to pursue this some saying its unnecessary B/c I can't use the new skills on the truck (911 service). Not that I care what they think but I am curious to know what other EMS professionals think. 

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