http://medic22.com/2008/12/another-the-emt-b-is-usless-thread/ A collection of disjointed ramblings of an EMT. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://medic22.com/2008/12/another-the-emt-b-is-usless-thread/comment-page-1/#comment-474 James Mon, 29 Dec 2008 19:56:00 +0000 http://medicseven.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/another-the-emt-b-is-usless-thread#comment-474 Fourteen days seems a bit too intense for ~140 hours of class. Ten hours a day for two weeks? Yikes. People need time to absorb the information.</></>That being said, I agree with you about EMT-B's versus paramedics. I am on an active mountain rescue team, and most of our group are WFR's with a few WEMT's: not only is BLS more than enough for what we encounter in the field, there's no way that we could even attempt to get ALS gear available on a mission.</></>Of course, the people we deal with are generally healthy but suffering trauma. In an urban setting, it would seem that ideally we'd roll the ALS teams for every emergency, but let the BLS folks take over if the situation warranted it. Saying that EMT-B's shouldn't practice patient care is insane. The response should be adequate, and no more. Fourteen days seems a bit too intense for ~140 hours of class. Ten hours a day for two weeks? Yikes. People need time to absorb the information.That being said, I agree with you about EMT-B’s versus paramedics. I am on an active mountain rescue team, and most of our group are WFR’s with a few WEMT’s: not only is BLS more than enough for what we encounter in the field, there’s no way that we could even attempt to get ALS gear available on a mission.Of course, the people we deal with are generally healthy but suffering trauma. In an urban setting, it would seem that ideally we’d roll the ALS teams for every emergency, but let the BLS folks take over if the situation warranted it. Saying that EMT-B’s shouldn’t practice patient care is insane. The response should be adequate, and no more.

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