Re: British Legion for Military Medics !!

[Guest guest]

,

Now what does common sense have to do with anything the government does?

:-)

Cheers

Z. Greaber

Project Medical Services Manager

Tengiz Construction Project

Kazakhstan

British Legion for Military Medics !!

Greetings all.

At the recent Annual Conference of the Royal British Legion it was

agreed that the National Council will now approach the Government

demanding that military paramedics be recognised by civilian

authorities.

" Why should the Government have to pay thousands of pounds to retrain

someone who is already qualified " said one member.

About time says I

S.

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Hi all,

I totally agree...........It is absolutely stupid, when I came out of the RAF my

qualifications counted for nothing. I had hoped to join the ambulance service,

only to be told I had to be a Geriatric Taxi driver for two years at least, and

to top it all on minimum wage.....Bloody stupid.

Just my twopenny worth.

ATB

Geoff

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.....True here in America also. I was trained to perform General Surgery,

Anesthesia, Dentistry, you name it. Some M.D. who knew how well we were trained

attempted to have all U.S. Army 18D's Credentialled as PA-C's....some Army

General choked on that & said we'll give em' NREMT-P instead (otherwise we'd ALL

have left the Army he said)....I hope that idiot drowns in the bathtub. Instead

he's created a glut of ex-Green Beret, unemployed, pissed off Paramedics.

I can't find decent paying work unless I carry a gun these days....we need

to un-ass the politics and bureaucracy that have affected our lives....these

are primarily enacted by non-Paras protecting their own Jobs, i.e. Nurses and

penis-envy Doctors who themselves are timid and weak.

Don't agree with me because your weak, agree with me because you know I'm

right!

Hows this for Banter. Happy 4th of July. God Save the Queen & God Bless

America! -CA

[Guest guest]

Yes especially as it's taxpayers money being wasted on whatever they feel

like, good on the RBL

British Legion for Military Medics !!

>

>Greetings all.

>

>At the recent Annual Conference of the Royal British Legion it was agreed

>that the National Council will now approach the Government demanding that

>military paramedics be recognised by civilian authorities.

>

> " Why should the Government have to pay thousands of pounds to retrain

>someone who is already qualified " said one member.

>

>About time says I

>

> S.

>

>

>

>

>Member Information:

>

>List owner: Ian Sharpe Owner@...

>Editor: Ross Boardman Editor@...

>

>ALL list admin messages (subscriptions & unsubscriptions) should be sent to

the list owner.

>

>Post message: egroups

>

>Please visit our website http://www.remotemedics.co.uk

>

>Regards

>

>The Remote Medics Team

>

>

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Hiya Jim,

Hows it going deep in darkest Russia,

I'm fine in Angola although I'm finished on Tuesday, heading back home. Do not

know what I'm doing next though, no news on anything new as yet.

It never took you long to get back out on site again. Not much time of there.

Well better get back to work, keep in touch

Regards

Geoff

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Lets flip this around, what about military recognition of civilian trainig?

For examle, once completed basic training, exempted from military medic training

other than the field excercises and classes specific to the military

system/weapons related injuries and paperwork etc?

I think I can hear many screaming that it's not the same... But isn't it? Mush

of the content is the same but there are differences in civilian programs that

ex-military medics still need to take.

Although I agree that the current system is a pile of rubbish - there should be

a " fast-track " program in place for experienced medics that just fills in the

missing bits - BOTH WAYS!

Just my 2 cents worth. (1.5 cents US)

Fly Safe.

Ken L-W CCEMT-P/RN

CF Primary Reserve Medic

--- Gmed1c@... wrote:

>Hi all,

>

>I totally agree...........It is absolutely stupid, when I came out of the RAF

my qualifications counted for nothing. I had hoped to join the ambulance

service, only to be told I had to be a Geriatric Taxi driver for two years at

least, and to top it all on minimum wage.....Bloody stupid.

>

>

>Just my twopenny worth.

>

>ATB

>Geoff

>

>

>

>Member Information:

>

>List owner: Ian Sharpe Owner@...

>Editor: Ross Boardman Editor@...

>

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list owner.

>

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>

>Please visit our website http://www.remotemedics.co.uk

>

>Regards

>

>The Remote Medics Team

>

>

[Guest guest]

Hi Rod,

Glad you had a good holiday.

Can't remember the mail, but if you want to send

it me offlist, I will add it to the site for you.

Cheers,

Ross

>

>

> Hi all.

> (Yes Ross, I have had a very good

> holiday, thank you!)

>

> Did any of you see the mail I sent some

> time ago re: training for CMT's to

> allow them to cross train and be

> qualified as IHCD Paramedics? The object is

> to allow them to work straight into the

> NHS as Paramedics.

>

> If not, I will try to get it on the RM

> sites asap.

>

> Cheers

>

[Guest guest]

That does happen (Mil recognition of Civilian Training)....but you gotta

join, or be drafted. Therein would lie the problem....

[Guest guest]

Hi all.

(Yes Ross, I have had a very good holiday, thank you!)

Did any of you see the mail I sent some time ago re: training for CMT's to

allow them to cross train and be qualified as IHCD Paramedics? The object is

to allow them to work straight into the NHS as Paramedics.

If not, I will try to get it on the RM sites asap.

Cheers

Rod Eglin

British Legion for Military Medics !!

>

>

> >

> >Greetings all.

> >

> >At the recent Annual Conference of the Royal British Legion it was agreed

> >that the National Council will now approach the Government demanding that

> >military paramedics be recognised by civilian authorities.

> >

> > " Why should the Government have to pay thousands of pounds to retrain

> >someone who is already qualified " said one member.

> >

> >About time says I

> >

> > S.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >Member Information:

> >

> >List owner: Ian Sharpe Owner@...

> >Editor: Ross Boardman Editor@...

> >

> >ALL list admin messages (subscriptions & unsubscriptions) should be sent

to

> the list owner.

> >

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> >

> >Please visit our website http://www.remotemedics.co.uk

> >

> >Regards

> >

> >The Remote Medics Team

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Lets flip this around, what about military recognition of civilian

trainig?

--------------

Many moons ago after qualifying, myself and some of the girls in my year

were wondering what to do next when one of the girls had the bright idea

of enlisting in the army.

Off we toddled to the recruitment office (after an hour or so in the pub)

to talk to a nice Sgt who informed us that the ladies would be more than

welcome in the Queen andra Nursing whatevers, as some sort of lowly

officer (military ranks are not my forte); I on the otherhand may be

useful in the RAMC, and if I was accepted, might 'progress rapidly' up

the ladder if I proved myself! Oh I loved those days of equality :-)

DaveO

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In the US? UK?

Not in Canada, Pity.

Fly Safe.

Ken L-W CCEMT-P/RN etc

--- desertdoc10@... wrote:

> That does happen (Mil recognition of Civilian Training)....but you gotta

>join, or be drafted. Therein would lie the problem....

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Why not indeed, in the USAF amongst the Pararescue community who are all

EMT-P registered you can get a waiver from the medical training by having a

civvy qual, in fact all spec ops medics have to have the same level of qual

up to paramedic now. Why we don't have a similar scheme over here does amaze

me sometimes but there are some differences but again easily made up with

add on training or refreshers. Makes sense to me.

Re: British Legion for Military Medics !!

>Lets flip this around, what about military recognition of civilian trainig?

>

>For examle, once completed basic training, exempted from military medic

training other than the field excercises and classes specific to the

military system/weapons related injuries and paperwork etc?

>

>I think I can hear many screaming that it's not the same... But isn't it?

Mush of the content is the same but there are differences in civilian

programs that ex-military medics still need to take.

>

>Although I agree that the current system is a pile of rubbish - there

should be a " fast-track " program in place for experienced medics that just

fills in the missing bits - BOTH WAYS!

>

>Just my 2 cents worth. (1.5 cents US)

>

>

>Fly Safe.

>Ken L-W CCEMT-P/RN

>CF Primary Reserve Medic

>

>

>--- Gmed1c@... wrote:

>>Hi all,

>>

>>I totally agree...........It is absolutely stupid, when I came out of the

RAF my qualifications counted for nothing. I had hoped to join the ambulance

service, only to be told I had to be a Geriatric Taxi driver for two years

at least, and to top it all on minimum wage.....Bloody stupid.

>>

>>

>>Just my twopenny worth.

>>

>>ATB

>>Geoff

>>

>>

>>

>>Member Information:

>>

>>List owner: Ian Sharpe Owner@...

>>Editor: Ross Boardman Editor@...

>>

>>ALL list admin messages (subscriptions & unsubscriptions) should be sent

to the list owner.

>>

>>Post message: egroups

>>

>>Please visit our website http://www.remotemedics.co.uk

>>

>>Regards

>>

>>The Remote Medics Team

>>

>>