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Do you think Paramedics should be given a wider scope of practice, so that they can have more freedom to practice medicine, and save lives?

'We do everything you do; we just do it at 60 mph.' -Paremedic Wyatt Cole (Tom Everett Scott), to a Doctor, on the TNT show 'Saved' It is a proven fact that if the patient gets treatment within the 'Platinum 10 minutes' the chances of survival increase exponentially. It is the worst thing ever to be in the back of ambulance, knowing exactly what your patient needs, but you can't give it to them, because you close-minded Medical Director said no. Paramedics learn all the same medicine that doctors do, we just have less chemistry and physics and biology under our belt.

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