As a five-year Private with both Reg Force training and a civilian medic license, I find all these posts about reserve scope of practise/QL level of utmost interest. How is is that the Resrves are recruiting members with civilian medical licenses, and with Reg Force training, and yet I am both, and no one cares?
I did a BE as a Med A/Med Tech from 2001-2004; then did a component transfer to the Reserves (4b Release; no broken time). I did my QL3 crse in spring 2001, one of the last of the Med A crses before the changeover to PCP. I was posted to 1 Fd Amb, where the unit got a bunch of us our AB EMT license, as the AOCP meets/beats the NOCP for PCP. (It is such a relief to be able to speak my mind, knowing that these acronyms will be recognized and their significance understood.) So I have a Certificate of Military Achievement for a CF EMT Equivalency course, and an AB EMT license. I now live in New Brunswick, have an EMT license, and am accepted as PCP equivalent. I work as a PCP and as an EMT (life of a Casual!) My scope of practise is Advanced Airway Mgmt (Light Wand, Combitube, Magill Forceps for FBAO), IV Therapy, Symptomatic Relief (ASA, Nitro for angina/CHF, Epi, Benadryl, D50W, Glucagon, Ventolin), and Semi-Automatic/Manual Defib.
My original QL3 crse did include IV's, ECG's, parenteral meds, and other such topics that I believe are no longer part of the ResQL4 training or practise. Yet I put on my green uniform, go parade Class A, and am told that I am a QL3 and NOT a QL4 R711 - and so I am a Private, I cannot even work an immunization parade, (funny I distinctly remember having to do needle parade as a Pte at the Fd Amb several Years ago), I cannot do anything other than sweep the floor (at least I was also qualified to do that at the Fd Amb, incidentally the only skill the Reserves have permitted me to retain.)
I have submitted my qual's and memo's - incl QL3 crse report with PO's/EO's list attached - proof of current licensing, proof of current employment. I submitted the Annex B from the memo detailing how a civilian EMT reservist can be granted Area Surg blessing to work up to their civi scope. I got it all handed back to me. (Twice.) I am now going through the process described in the link provided as info to sqn_medic's orig question - the Prior Learning Assessment. The one where the Candidate does up a lovely introduction of themselves, jazzes up their resume, provides proof of their education, training, and any relevant licensure - and it is then decided how much of their training they still need to complete. I am now spending time that I do not have to painstakingly rewrite my resume, and sell myself in an introduction, to an organization that has continously employed me for FIVE years. To get a qualification - QL4Res - that my training exceeded years ago, as a QL3 Reg, never mind the EMT training. (Incidentally, the other mbrs at Fd Amb that I did my EMT training with - who have all stayed in the Regs at Fd Amb - had a PLA sent on their behalf to Borden, and subsequently were recognized as being PCP equivalent and exempted from the emergent portion of their QL5 crse. So yes, the trg holds up.)
So, I have the civi med qual's (Incl ACLS & PALS.) I have the green trg and fd/garrison clinic/op experience to go with it, too. Does anyone know where I fit in??