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Old 23rd Dec 2004, 22:40
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You beat me to it, I remain a little bemused and find it hard to explain that if someone has a fall in the bush and an ambulance can get access, no need for a doctor. As soon as access becomes difficult (ie long dirt track, and helo required to speed up recovery/on scene assistance) then paramedic becomes useless and a doctor is the magician because he is in the helicopter.

Don't these paramedics eat these types of jobs every day of the year and you never see a doctor on the roadside. I certainly respect the doctor's knowledge and skills and it is great having him/her waiting in the resus room to work their team on arrival but "why oh why" do we make out that as soon as it becomes a helo job the job is beyond the capabilities of a para?
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