Re: Standardization of Paramedicine

["Jeff Brosius" <reno316@hotmail.com>]

You wrote:

>the average paramedic. There is a great discrimination towards paramedics 
>in
>this country and I think now is the time for change. For our level of
>education we are the paid the worst and work the most. They tell me that
>flight medics and RN do the same job, that they are interchangeable then 
>why
>do the RN's make significantly more? there is a shortage of ER nurses so 
>they
>institute LPN's in the ER. I asked the ER director why not paramedics? She
>told me LPN's were better trained. Not to be arrogant, but I will bet that 
>I
>know much more than LPN when it comes to emergency medicine.


Oh, boy... here we go again.

------------
JRB

Jeff Brosius,
Paramedic, etc.
Atlanta, GA
www.prehospitalperspective.com
brosius@prehospitalperspective.com
"The essence of true friendship is to make allowances for another's little 
lapses."
-- David Storey




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