Re: Every who thinks EMS is overpaid raise your hand

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In a message dated 12/12/1999 3:51:53 PM Central Standard Time,

jeasley@... writes:

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Since you have a difference of opinion with me in regards to the impact of

a higher educational requirement for paramedics on salaries; I would be most

interested in hearing your thoughts on how to accomplish a cross-the-board

raise in pay for paramedics.

Stay safe

Jim Easley

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I thought I addressed this a couple of emails ago but here is the short

version:

We work under doctors, who by both virtue of value and limited numbers, are

not allowed to be on every scene. I think that the scope of practice should

include triage at the scene {I for one feel that there is as much 911 abuse

as unesseccary helo flights} I would like to see paramedics staff EDs so

that we would be more visible to the public as health care providers and it

would add the benefit of witnessing the continuation or care and provide more

time for the doctors to see us in action and evaluate us on a patient by

patient basis. {funding for this would of course involve those number

crunching people that I am not one of} Training could be facilitated through

hospitals. Medics could be individually placed with their areas of interest

and proficiencies. Patients would lose some of the assembly line impersonal

transfer of care until they go to the area of tertiary care and I fail to see

why medics could not follow up with home visits after discharge. On many

levels this would cement us as the emergency paramedics and limit the view of

van drivers or ambulance guys. Sorry for the lack of punctuation but I think

you can get the gist, if not we can free up the message board and you can e

mail me directly

Ed