Don't forget that the honorable Mr. Conrad is almost Dr. Conrad because he drove, and maybe still does drive, the local ambulance in his part of rural Montana.
A few trips under the arch of the local ER entrance with his patients and he was soon debating whether he wanted to do brain surgery, immunology, or follow Dr. Pimple Popper's medical path. Google likely helped with the difficult decision that he had to make.
If you follow him here, it looks like he chose internet doctor because the degree is quick and it costs less to get the degree than a new head liner for the family limo costs.
Hey azzhole just keep in mind that a large number of people wouldn't have made it to the hospital to be treated or mistreated by the docs and hospital staff if it werent for the prehospital treatments and interventions by us "ambulance drivers". This goes for COVID and non Covid cases. Been an EMT over 20 years and most recently, until forced to quit over vaccine mandates, worked regular Part time weekend night shifts with a busy urban ambulance company. So busy in fact that ALS/Medics were stretched thin and we EMTs were often forced to treat/transport patients that should have been paramedic cases. Even with those conditions I couldnt count the number of times we have been told by ER docs etc that without our prehospital interventions the patient would have been DOA at the ER. This is backed up by a stack of commendation letters, CPR/AED "save" certificates, letters of thanks from patients/families etc in my employee file! In a rural place like Jim Conrad is at, BLS prehospital care is even more important due to increased transport times to a medical facility, delayed ALS/Paramedic response etc. And guess what..you need a level of medical skill/knowledge to effectively field diagnose/treat patients even on a basic life support level! But to you we're obviously just ambulance drivers!!!
