NCOAE

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

And they’re certainly not “Ambulance Drivers.” Most hear “Basic” and think back to a Scouting First Aid course they took 30 years ago. Let’s leave the term “Basic” to the First Aid folks. It was accompanied by an expanded set of knowledge and skill expectations for emergency medical technicians (EMTs).

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NCOAE

NOVEMBER 13, 2021

EMTs are not just “ambulance drivers,” although that’s certainly a critical part of their occupation. First Aid and to how to respond to a cardiac arrest. Depending on where you live, you may see them every day or just when there’s a fire, police, or medical emergency where you are.

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Broken Paramedic

FEBRUARY 19, 2016

Dear frontline ambulance colleagues, After 12 years of responding to 999 calls and subsequently watching from the sidelines as family and friends continue to do so, I am only too aware of the ever increasing pressures and the ongoing erosion of the ambulance clinicians’ lot. It is something of a Pandora’s First Aid Box.

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