In the next few years I will be opening a fitness facility that will include programs for people with chronic diseases that are stable. I'm not trying to enter into the realm of working with unstable cardiac patients because that is already well established in cardiac rehabilitation programs at hospitals. In any case, regardless of whether the person has any chronic disease, it is always possible that something could happen.
I live in a town of ~30,000 and I would guess that EMS would respond to my future location in a matter of minutes. Despite this, I was thinking about becoming an EMT-B. In the event of an emergency, I believe that every minute counts. I know the chance of survival drops very quickly with cardiac events.
I am already certified in BLS which I think is the baseline. However, while I do not know the entire scope of an EMT-B (I skimmed through guidelines for my state), I believe that the ability to distribute aspirin, a patient's nitroglycerin, oxygen, etc. could be valuable. I would also like to think that potential clients would feel safer knowing that there was an EMT-B on at all times.
In the grand scheme of things, do you think I would have time to use any of the scope of an EMT-B? Without having taken the course, I would assume that BLS would still be the first step with some emergencies. Are there any other options for fitness professionals in this type of a setting that would allow me to improve the safety and outcomes of those with emergency situations?
Just to give everyone an idea, the clients I would be working with would be more along the lines of cancer patients, stable cardiac/stroke patients, neurological, and musculoskeletal diseases. I would leave the high risk individuals to hospital programs.
I live in a town of ~30,000 and I would guess that EMS would respond to my future location in a matter of minutes. Despite this, I was thinking about becoming an EMT-B. In the event of an emergency, I believe that every minute counts. I know the chance of survival drops very quickly with cardiac events.
I am already certified in BLS which I think is the baseline. However, while I do not know the entire scope of an EMT-B (I skimmed through guidelines for my state), I believe that the ability to distribute aspirin, a patient's nitroglycerin, oxygen, etc. could be valuable. I would also like to think that potential clients would feel safer knowing that there was an EMT-B on at all times.
In the grand scheme of things, do you think I would have time to use any of the scope of an EMT-B? Without having taken the course, I would assume that BLS would still be the first step with some emergencies. Are there any other options for fitness professionals in this type of a setting that would allow me to improve the safety and outcomes of those with emergency situations?
Just to give everyone an idea, the clients I would be working with would be more along the lines of cancer patients, stable cardiac/stroke patients, neurological, and musculoskeletal diseases. I would leave the high risk individuals to hospital programs.