Vital signs can change very quickly and these folks transport some of our sickest patients. When you work in a hospital you're never more than a few minutes away from getting help. You have a lot more responsibility and it requires a different set of skills. Temme, who joined Medical Transport in 1994, and has served as the Critical Care Transport Team coordinator since 1997, agreed they undergo extensive training. Fuston said not only do these paramedics form a vital link between the quality of care provided at one facility and that provided by another, they also administer an extra dose of kindness that can make all the difference.
Bedside manner means an awful lot.
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