Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 I had to experience this for myself. Yep, went straight from Basic class to Intermediate (a few years ago). Mid-way through class I realized that I was lost and was learning just enough to kill somebody, so I dropped out. Two years later, I took the Intermediate National Registry, felt comfortable during class and passed. There is absolutely no substitute for " field experience " when it comes to climbing the educational ladder. Without field experience between Basic and advanced EMS educational steps, students cannot get a feel for real-life or possibly dead patients, therefore, how can they be sure this career fits them? Just my two cents worth, as an educator and EMT-I. ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- Reply-To: Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 23:27:23 -0600 > > Greetings all. A few days back I was precepting a student who doing her >ride outs for her EMT class. She told me that she wanted to go right into >Intermediate right after EMT. I told her this was a realy bad idea. Anyone >have any thoughts on this? ( I know, everone does just wanted to get some >feed back on this ) > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Depends on the student and there grasp of knowledge factors and how comfortable they fell with there ability to stack knowledge on new knowledge. Some actually do well and some don't at her level only she know her abilities, unless you saw she was inept at her application of her skills. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMT to Paramedic Greetings all. A few days back I was precepting a student who doing her ride outs for her EMT class. She told me that she wanted to go right into Intermediate right after EMT. I told her this was a realy bad idea. Anyone have any thoughts on this? ( I know, everone does just wanted to get some feed back on this ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 8, 2004 Report Share Posted December 8, 2004 Depends on the student and there grasp of knowledge factors and how comfortable they fell with there ability to stack knowledge on new knowledge. Some actually do well and some don't at her level only she know her abilities, unless you saw she was inept at her application of her skills. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- EMT to Paramedic Greetings all. A few days back I was precepting a student who doing her ride outs for her EMT class. She told me that she wanted to go right into Intermediate right after EMT. I told her this was a realy bad idea. Anyone have any thoughts on this? ( I know, everone does just wanted to get some feed back on this ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 9, 2004 Report Share Posted December 9, 2004 I discourage my EMT-B students from going directly to EMT-I without field experience. Even the brightest of them need the street time to get a good grip on the challenges of prehospital care when you're the crew, not a student backed up by a preceptor. Furthermore, they need to learn to take care of the basic issues before they move on to thinking about the advanced practices they are permitted as Intermediates. I've had several who ignored my advice come back and tell me I was right, and a couple have actually dissuaded EMT-B students from following their example. Kay Hill Country EMS Training EMT to Paramedic Greetings all. A few days back I was precepting a student who doing her ride outs for her EMT class. She told me that she wanted to go right into Intermediate right after EMT. I told her this was a realy bad idea. Anyone have any thoughts on this? ( I know, everone does just wanted to get some feed back on this ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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