• Consider your initial education and training as an EMS provider. How much emphasis was placed on knowing EMS-related laws (local, state, or federal). Have you found yourself in a position where you felt you did not know as much about EMS-related laws as you should? How do you think this has affected your job or job advancement opportunities?Answer this question

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When training and learning about being an Emergency Medical Services provider, a lot of emphases were placed on knowing the federal EMS-related laws. This is because as an EMS provider, one would be required to offer services in healthcare organizations that are in different parts of the country and therefore, understanding the federal laws is more important than the local and state laws. There was one time that I found myself in a position where I was not familiar with the EMS laws as I thought. I was attending to a patient, and my superior informed me that according to the law, I was not supposed to do that (Jones, Kue, Mitchell, Eblan and Dyer, 2014). This has really affected the nature of my job since it has affected the way I perform my tasks. This is because I tend to doubt myself whenever I am offering emergency medical services to patients, as I am usually not sure if I have violated an EMS law or not. It has also affected my advancement opportunities since my superiors will not give me more responsibilities as they think I am not capable enough to perform tasks while adhering to the EMS laws(250words)