Beijing: A local college will open Shanghai's first paramedic degree program this fall to ease the city's shortage of emergency medical personnel in ambulances, local media reported on, March 21, ThursdayBecause there has never been a paramedic degree program in Shanghai, ambulances have usually been staffed with trained doctors who have gone through the same seven-year education as other physicians, according to Li Minghua, a trainer at the Shanghai Medical Emergency Center.
The situation has left many feeling overqualified. The Shanghai Medical Emergency Center hired 31 ambulance doctors last year, but 55 quit, according to a report in the Youth Daily. |
