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Please correct me if I'm wrong. From what I understand from my recruiting NCO that CFMG is prioritizing new med A recruits based on their civilian qualifications. So a paramedic (ALS or BLS or otherwise) or other health care worker will get first priority to join as a medic, people who are in some sort of health care course or paramedic or nursing students will get second priority. Nurses are being persuaded to join the ranks of officers for their training officer potential. The higher the civy qualification the better chance of a person getting deployed operationally. That being said, Why does CFMG want so highly skilled people only to have them operate at the very bare minmum of their potential. For example, I am an ACP civy side. I had my QL3 written off, I have only taken my QL4 and PLQ. I have also been certified as a FA/CPR instructor. And every time a live fire ex is scheduled my ops cell is begging for me to take on the tasking. They say they need a TQ5 med A to cover. However I have recently been told that my civy qualifications are not recognized by CFMG and that I can only operate up to my military level of training. So I no longer am TQ5 equivelant, I can only work as a QL4 med A. And on my QL4 we did not cover I.V. therapy. That apparently was taught on the QL3 that I was written off because my civy skill set superceded the course. So on these live fire ex's all they get for medical coverage is a PLQ QL4 med A that can't start an I.V. (while I'm wearing green) . But I'm the chump who gets to call 911 and watch a civy amb crew look after the casualty I thought I was there to look after.
So if any one can shed some light on the issue of the CFMG requiring new recruits to be medical professionals but will make them forfit their skills every time they put on the uniform, I would be very interested in hearing from you.
Dale
So if any one can shed some light on the issue of the CFMG requiring new recruits to be medical professionals but will make them forfit their skills every time they put on the uniform, I would be very interested in hearing from you.
Dale