She’s an EMT not a paramedic. Some folks passed in my last class that couldn’t even take a BP.
NYS conducts tests here. You might pass the class but fail the state testing and never get your certification to be an EMT.
Heck....I know RN’s and frankly MD’s that are dumb...or crazy.
That’s the point I was about to make. The mother was already doing CPR, so the primary contribution an EMT could have made was to do it correctly, and with some of these folks that’s not a given. Nevertheless, she got the run, she’s obligated to take it.
Yup. I was an EMT for a while in New Jersey, and when I was first certified (~20 years ago), I was shocked at how lax the process was. Sure, there were written exams and practicals at the end of each unit and at the end of the course, but the people who administered the practicals would have passed anyone.