Re: Every who thinks EMS is overpaid raise yourhand

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Ed,

Just how do you want to " staff ERs with paramedics " ? What level of

care do you want them to give? I ask this because all of the ERs I know

include medics. I also know many medics who work elsewhere in the hospital.

Now, the hospital does not always call them medics. At the hospital system

where I work, you are a PCT (patient care tech) either 1 or 2 (medics are 2,

higher skill level). But, in the ER, an EMT, nursing student, nurses aide

(with additional education and skills) are PCTs; then the medics are

actually called Paramedics (novel idea, I know). But you seem to be going

further with this idea and it sounds interesting - whether it's plausible,

who knows. I'm just interested now and you can email me personally if you

don't want to put it out to the list. Thanks for your time!

Take care, stay safe, and practice mercy, ya'll!!

Jana

FW,TX

[texasems-L] Re: Every who thinks EMS is overpaid raise yourhand

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

> jeasley@... writes:

>

> <<

> 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

> >>

> 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

>

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