NCOAE

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And they’re certainly not “Ambulance Drivers.” Photo Credit: RODNAE Productions | Sourced from Pexels ) Most states have made the transition to the new title, but many emergency medical service (EMS) providers continue to refer to some EMTs as “Basics.” Let’s leave the term “Basic” to the First Aid folks.

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NCOAE

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

EMTs are not just “ambulance drivers,” although that’s certainly a critical part of their occupation. Many EMTs work on a 911 emergency response ambulance. Two EMTs work together on an ambulance to transport people to/from nursing homes, doctor’s appointments or hospitals. Shifts most commonly are 12 or 24 hours.

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Ambulance Driver Files

MAY 31, 2023

One of the most egregious disservices to EMS students is what passes for medicolegal education in EMT or Paramedic school. Far too often, students are subjected to myth, dogma and outright b t from instructors who have at best a superficial understanding of the subject, most of whom have never had their lessons taught or vetted.

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Peter Canning

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

There have been a lot of changes in EMS over the years that I have chronicled. We are there to simply carry her mother out to the ambulance, drive her to the hospital. We are there to simply carry her mother out to the ambulance, drive her to the hospital. Ambulance driver by day. Medical taxi.

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