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Dr. Bux also mentioned that not only is transportation an issue but the attitude of the public toward these responders is not supportive when equated with the specialty and quality of service that is being offered. According to Dr. Bux, the public’s behaviour towards teams even when executing life-saving interventions dampens the spirit of team members. Citing examples, Dr. Buz explained that rather than encouraging the team when doing their job, criticisms are often directed at first responders. In other cases crowds build and get so close that teams are impeded. In some instances the public even becomes physically abusive toward the service providers.
“Guyanese need to understand this is not going to be perfect from the start. These are guys that we would have had to train to be emergency technicians but we don’t have anybody who would’ve been doing this before,” Dr. Bux said and further explained that when he became a doctor he had other doctors to look up to but such is not the situation for these persons.
“These guys are taking a risk with themselves going out to dangerous areas and they are doing the best they can with what training they have had,” the doctor related. Other ways the public affects the EMTs’ performance is by having low levels of patience when teams are sent out to these emergencies. Dr. Bux informed that due to the difficulty with finding locations and traffic congestion, the EMTs are often criticized for the time they took to arrive at
Emergency Medical Service providers during Cardiopulmonary resuscitation training a scene. He explained that this is often because road users EMTs follows the same template. Persons who are trained do not always cooperate by allowing the ambulances to in this field must have a total of five CSEC subjects and pass unhindered. Dr. Bux cited specific operational challenges, been given a police clearance before they will be interviewed such as, responders trying to navigate traffic whilst and must show genuine interest in wanting to be a being provided with locations and directions in real time part of the team to provide the lifesaving service. These via phone. When the served public does not cooperate lives persons are then recruited and undergo rigorous training are being placed at severe risk, further compounding the and tests before they write the practical and theory exam. functions of EMTs. If they pass this exam they can then be enrolled to do rotations
Dr. Bux said that in his position he has been trained to in the ambulance system and thereafter they are a part respond to every medical situation and the training for of the team.