Jim:
OK, just my $.02 on the wilderness EMT article...
The thing I see that's missing from this article, and many like it is the focus
on practice. I've been doing EMS long enough; and run enough calls to know
that any EMS certification is a LICENSE TO PRACTICE medicine. People who get
the training and don't use it might be kidding themselves. "The
body does well what it does often" -- I can't remember who said that,
but it's true.
Most newly-minted EMTs that I work with aren't worth squat in the field. Not
until they have survived their first 100 calls or so. Maybe it is like the
difference between
taking
a class on technical writing versus doing it for a living. Best Regards, -
Mr. Kilo in the Northwest