Basic life support

I talked with the CEO.

We actually ended up doing BLS for the entire hospital staff, which was several hundred people.

I got so sick of teaching BLS.

three-hour course.

We ran it over, I think, several weeks.

I learned to separate the senior doctors from the GPs for that one.

I learned some lessons.

Residents, students, all the lab technicians, radiology technicians, everybody went through BLS.

The DSED thing is really interesting with this whole topic as well.

Especially like, again, when we look at different systems, right? I mean, here in New Jersey, that has implications on the BLS level, right? So first to respond and things like that.

It's going to be interesting to see how this all plays out, you know, and what that data tells you.

Is that something that should be first line right away? Because that has a lot of implications on the way we deliver care here, especially in New Jersey, for sure.

So absolutely.

And I think, Mike, you brought up a great point.

really diversifying our interventions that are lifesaving to BLS, because we know, unfortunately, across the country, across the world, potentially, there's so much variation.

Who responds first? How fast do we get there? Is it an engine? Is it a BLS curve? If we could really get these interventions to the lowest denomination possible, even from even a lay perspective, Freaking incredible.

And it was just one of those things where we were like, wow, we were going through all of this like emotional roller coaster thing.

And we're doing BLS, CBR, and that's it.

Because she would literally start sitting up, so we couldn't really do an adjunct of any type.

Finally, I believe we got an NPA in, and she tried to pull it out.

because they take time.

And that is TB testing and BLS certification.

TB test, you have to set up an appointment with your doctor, get it, and then get the results.

And then BLS certification, you have to do the online portion and then schedule the in-person portion.

And those are all things that take some time.

I think those are good things to keep in mind when you start prepping early.

He knows exactly what he's doing.

BLS, ACLS training, OSHA, emergency trainings, whatever the case may be for your clinical team.

And you will sell so much treatment through hygiene, implant maintenance, new billing codes, new instrumentation they need.

How do the hygienists support the clinical team? How do the hygienists put more revenue on the books? Can you do a same-day implant if it's coming out of hygiene? The hygienist anesthetize the patient, gets all the prescriptions in, talks about the verbiage, does the post-op, puts them in another room, motor's already set up, everything's already ready to go, implant goes in, post-op PA, see you in two weeks.

What a bunch of BS.

The fire department in Paris operates BLS ambulances that have a sapeur-pompier and they are trained and very competent.

And so are the SAMU, you know, emergency physicians who are doing EMS care and their purpose is different and they're not all the same.

So yes, we would hope that when we identify a healthcare professional and the bachelor degree is a base, and I do love that, don't get me wrong, that we have a commonality in the professionalism of that entity.

And the doc, there is a doc everywhere.

So the pre-hospital doc system here is pretty aggressive, I guess you could say.

But there's still a lot of treat and release at the BLS level.

Spain has the same notion that you first are a nurse and then you do one year extra, a master's degree, so that you become a pre-hospital nurse.

Um, I got assigned to Truck 20, which is at Station 41.

Uh, back then it was a completely BLS piece of equipment, right? So there was, there were no paramedics on it, uh, so it didn't take any first responder calls, any EMS calls, unless there, like, the pumper was out and they needed somebody.

So we were making, we, we work what we call a set, so it's 24 hours on and then 24 hours off, and then by, you do that until you work three days and you have four days off after that.

So in-

Sorry, I'm having a stroke right now.

Uh, nearly as long as Jess has, I started as a lifeguard when I was 15, fell in love with all like the BLS cause we had to be BLS certified.

Um, and we did it almost as regularly as you guys are.

We do the RQI.