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Podcast: Inside EMS
Episode: Inside EMS co-host debate: Street time or straight to medic?
Description: Things get intense on this episode of Inside EMS as hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson tackle an age-old industry debate: should EMTs spend time on a truck before going to paramedic school or is that “experience” overrated?
Kelly kicks things off with a spicy take, arguing that poor field training and inconsistent preceptorship often do more harm than good. From his perspective, bad habits, weak mentorship and burnout culture are the norm, not the exception.
But Chris isn’t buying it. He counters that experience builds what classrooms can’t: clinical judgment, scene management and the...