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[quote name='edburke' post='61685' date='Dec 26 2006, 16:59 ']Unfortunately, the 1994 DOT EMT-B curriculum (referred to as the dumbed down version by many Instructors, including myself) places an emphasis on early activation of ALS for just about any patient presentation, and is presented in such a way that it produces EMT robots....see this, do that. It's very difficult to teach the course and still ingrain the theory of taking in the big picture. I usually go many hours above and beyond the 110 hour core course to share some pathophysiology of things like left vs right sided CHF, hypo vs hyperglycemia, the carboxyhemoglobin dissociation curve and the like, which I feel results in a much better prepared basic, but there are still many instructors out there churning out cookie cutter courses, which will frustrate advanced providers for a long time to come.



Just a certification point, I'm an EMT-B, and have completed the didactic potion of my medic course with the clinical to follow, but I've been including these things in my courses since long before I started my advanced training, so it goes to show that even basics can be trained to do the right thing. <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/biggrin.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' />[/quote]



<img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/22_yikes.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/banghead.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/skydive.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/jawdrop.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/unsure.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/blink.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/hail.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/doh.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> <img src='http://www.firepics.net/groupboards/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/eek.gif' class='bbc_emoticon' alt='' /> I really should just tear this EMT patch off my uniform.



But despite what Needameir says, I'm keeping the Pledge Pin! (He's a sneaky little sh*t)