• nyctre@piefed.socialEnglish
    15·
    16 hours ago

    Since they weren’t in a hospital… does the distinction matter? The provided care would’ve been the same, wouldn’t it?

    If anything a medic might actually have more first aid experience than a physician.

    • Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      68·
      15 hours ago

      A doctor would be able to provide a higher level of care than a medic, because of all the experience in medical school.

      Medics don’t need degrees in medicine, just a paramedic program which is only 20 months. Ie the same length as the first post secondary requirement to medical school.

      • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
        14·
        15 hours ago

        Nope. If you are down in the field 99% of the time you want a good medic.
        If you need your blood drawn, you want a good phlebotomist. People are good at what they practice. Doctors are great in their environment, but it’s not like they are better at doing the jobs of other medical professionals.

        • Bane_Killgrind@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          91·
          15 hours ago

          You got me, but without a kit I don’t think prior experience with gunshot wounds would make up for the time lost waiting on the second person. And it’s not like this was an either/or. It’s completely asinine to not let the doctor that is standing right there access to someone actively bleeding. Even the most casual assessment would save the paramedic on their way a minute and would have the attempts to stop the bleeding happen minutes earlier. That’s not a trivial amount of time. This level of negligence is homicide