EMS varies significantly from state to state so you get a wide range in the abilities of EMT’s and paramedics nation wide

Case reviews are moving to an educational rather than a punitive model 

There is no true national standard for EMT’s and paramedic’s which further complicates things

The regions that EMS is practiced in vary a ton as well. Skills may need to be performed much more frequently in an urban area vs a very rural area

Senior, experienced providers should use opportunities to show the newbies how to do skills rather than perform them themselves

One of the hardest parts of being a paramedic is standing back and delegating instead of doing the actual skills

EMS still falls under the department of transportation which is the department it was founded under

Standardization nationwide for EMS practice is difficult for multiple reasons, a big one is EMS needs and patients can vary a lot from region to region. Call volumes are very different from region to region. 

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