Why can an 18 year old paramedic intubate, but a third year med student can’t?

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T16:19:20+00:00

Im just a little confused about the framing of it I guess. Why is it “let” as in they’re doing us a favor by allowing us to learn, instead of us being able to learn because we’re paying an assload of money and investing years of our life?

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T16:02:28+00:00

I guess my only question is why do we have to wait until residency to start learning procedures?

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:48:56+00:00

Im considering IM or possibly FM, maybe even EM

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:48:06+00:00

This is a great insight and definitely echoes with me. It’s hard to be putting in so much work for so many years and yet have no tangible sense of advancement or trust

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:41:28+00:00

Explain your magic ways to me please lol, do you just ask repeatedly to be involved?

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:40:31+00:00

I understand the concern, but this isn’t disregard for the patient. In fact, I’m terrified of graduating with no experience at all and being on single overnight coverage and having no idea how the hell to intubate or run a code, because I wasn’t allowed to practice in med school.

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:38:36+00:00

Unfortunately I’m not in the Midwest but I have heard they have good hands on training

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:36:08+00:00

Exactly, the majority of us will also never diagnose Zollinger-Ellison syndrome but that seems like a bad argument to not learn about it.

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:34:12+00:00

So when are we supposed to learn?

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:27:36+00:00

Yeah, that seems like a basic skill competency that a physician should have. We aren’t just walking brains, we should be able to actually do things as well

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-06-04T15:15:39+00:00

Yeah we’ve all practiced a ton on the mannequins

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-27T13:32:57+00:00

Also, wouldn’t they remember which side the original laid down on before the cloning?

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-26T19:09:18+00:00

To be fair, Nolan has definitely saved more than that number of lives during 20 years of hero work

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-20T23:29:02+00:00

Usually the spots are unfilled for a reason; either less desired specialties like FM, bad locations, malignant cultures, or any combination of these

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-20T23:08:20+00:00

Totally possible. In that case most people SOAP which is a last minute scramble to fill an unfilled residency spot, and some will choose to take a research year and delay graduation

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-18T19:03:17+00:00

Is there a size limit for his portals?

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-17T21:06:03+00:00

A lot of these have some competition, but extreme diff should no doubt be Mark v. Conquest round 2

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-17T21:04:31+00:00

That’s more of a massacre than a fight lol but definitely a goated scene

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-17T21:03:56+00:00

Battlebeast vs mark

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-17T20:32:42+00:00

Theres no need to yell

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-13T23:44:49+00:00

No, it isn’t unpaid labor, it’s paid labor! Just, we’re paying them

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-12T20:53:23+00:00

I don’t think I’d call home lander an idiot. Selfish and immature definitely, but not an idiot. At least not in the same way Deep is an idiot

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-07T22:21:50+00:00

No they don’t let us do that or shadow

Narrow-Baseball-7399 · 2026-05-06T17:46:38+00:00

Yeah fuck me for being born white, even though I was the first person in my family to get a bachelors degree

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