We have several of us on here that are either actively involved with EMS, or certified but not active in the field.
Mississippi's EMS system has been pretty slacking in terms of prehospital care. We have awesome things like the STEMI, stroke, and trauma systems- but then you look at our protocols and whatnot and its just not impressive.
However, in the past few months the state has approved
-Critical Care licensure, that will be a level of care recognized by the state health dept: it will be a community college taught class that will end of being a semester long. It will engulf deep into ventilatory management, pharmacology, invasive airways, chest tubes, etc. The pilot program will start up in Jackson around fall I believe. People with FP-C, CCEMT-P, and an associates in applied sciences may take a bridge course.
-Kick off of discussion of the Community Paramedic licensure. I can't speak much of it because its in the infancy of the discussion, but the progress is positive. They are looking to places like Minnesota who are having success with this level of care thus far. It will be a double edged benefit, as it will save hospitals in readmittance penalties from Care/Caid, and give paramedics a higher career ceiling than whats currently available. This is a few years out, but its progress and aggressive progress at that.
Pretty cool stuff, to me at least. If things go my way, I won't be on the streets by the time the Community pilot programs begin though.
Mississippi's EMS system has been pretty slacking in terms of prehospital care. We have awesome things like the STEMI, stroke, and trauma systems- but then you look at our protocols and whatnot and its just not impressive.
However, in the past few months the state has approved
-Critical Care licensure, that will be a level of care recognized by the state health dept: it will be a community college taught class that will end of being a semester long. It will engulf deep into ventilatory management, pharmacology, invasive airways, chest tubes, etc. The pilot program will start up in Jackson around fall I believe. People with FP-C, CCEMT-P, and an associates in applied sciences may take a bridge course.
-Kick off of discussion of the Community Paramedic licensure. I can't speak much of it because its in the infancy of the discussion, but the progress is positive. They are looking to places like Minnesota who are having success with this level of care thus far. It will be a double edged benefit, as it will save hospitals in readmittance penalties from Care/Caid, and give paramedics a higher career ceiling than whats currently available. This is a few years out, but its progress and aggressive progress at that.
Pretty cool stuff, to me at least. If things go my way, I won't be on the streets by the time the Community pilot programs begin though.
