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The Road Ahead
We’ve been getting calls about the pre-tests and the post-tests in the last few weeks as transition classes have started across Kansas. The primary question is, “Where are the right answers?” The short answer is, “The answers are in the instructor manual.”
But, the right answers constantly change. When we developed the curriculum, the American Heart Association was recommending a 95% oxygen saturation. Now, with the 2010 guidelines, they are recommending 94% oxygen saturation.
As someone who is not an EMS provider, my hope is that the search for the right answer will not end with the transition. Perhaps the right answer isn’t an absolute, perfect answer. Perhaps the right answer is the one that comes when professional providers make decisions based on current best practices, based on the best research, based on hours and hours of practice, based on what is best for this patient in this time and location.
I hope that the stewardship of EMS continue beyond the next few years of transition. Stewardship will capture the power of being a steward, a guardian, a diligent caretaker, a person worthy of trust, a servant.
