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Hum, let's try some of my calls ( this is the training everybody should go through) lol
call #1, 500 lb ,male pt found supine on the bathroom floor with coffee ground emesis coming out if the pt's mouth and rectum, unk down time, weak radial pulse, it's only you and your emt partner( with 1 week of experience)
call # 2, 10 yr old female was playing soccer , syncope while playing, pulseless, apneic,crowd of 300 people on the feild, yelling at you to do something, oh yeah it's only you and your partner.
call # 3, 1 yr old male, parents found the pt at the bottom of their pool, pt was out of their site for 45/60 sec, you find the pt on the pool deck, with a pulse but apneic, oh, mom has been yelling at you since the 1st sec you got on scene, her husband tries to restrain her, but she slaps him and starts screaming in you ear while you try to intubate her child.
I think it' s the environment your in that test your skills, not the procedure. The OR was the place I learned how to intubate during paramedic school, cool temp and great lighting, perfect environment, stable pt, hey it doesn't get any better then this! But, those days are long gone, and I don't think I'm going to learn anything by doing EET in an OR,ER setting.
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