"Dude, paramedics don't need to know all that stuff. Just follow the protocol!"I heard another paramedic say that recently, and frankly it made me cringe. I don't believe Ayn Rand would have agreed with that statement either. The noted 20th century author once said, "To achieve, you need thought. You have to know what you are doing, and that's real power." Considering the uncertain nature of prehospital medicine, truer words were never spoken. The human body i [...]