A paramedic, police officer, and firefighter attend to an injured man at a construction site where a covered walkway collapsed, injuring at least 16 pedestrians in downtown San Diego Thursday. Full Story (AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi)
What happens when an entire profession has physical testing standards that are off base? What happens when we breed a culture of test takers with no application skills? In public safety, we have been led down a path that has inadvertently been designed to hurt us.
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This month we will focus on what diagnostic tests (which I have termed “non-traditional” vital signs) may or may not aid us in a rapid evaluation of emergency responders to determine if they are fit to return to active duty at the emergency scene.
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