So I do not have to post a lengthy comment every time the petition pops up on my feed.
If you have not seen it, here it is

Where do I begin? First, NASEMSO is not coming for our ET tubes. This was literally them publishing comments they received. The comment came from one person in an area where paramedics need additional training to be able to intubate. Agencies often solicit public comments when implementing policy change and when they do this some of comments are from people that should not comment on policies. The fact that 9000+ people could not be bothered to understand what was going on here or ask for further clarification speaks volumes about our industry.

Secondly, many people think EMS should in fact stop intubating. A petition is not going to change the minds of the shot callers. They look at things like evidence and training and standards and outcomes. A bunch of whiny rhetoric about the heroics we perform is not going to sway them in the least.

They deal in cold hard facts, not appeals to emotions. 

This petition just makes us look silly. “Allow Paramedics to continue to save lives with endotracheal intubation!” is a real stretch to say the least. While I think an ET tube is the gold standard, I do not see much in the way of life and death between it and a supra-glottic airway. Ventilation matters, not our ego.

The petition states the reason why ET tubes are on the chopping block is because we receive less training than anesthesiologists. That is wild speculation and, I don’t even know where that came from. If you are a paramedic and are not sure why people are considering that maybe we should not be intubating I would like to introduce you to the Dunning-Kruger Effect.

The petition should be calling for intubation education reform. Want to “Save The Tubes?” Then start writing NASEMSO about how we need more education on things like apneic oxygenation, peri-arrest intubation, ARDS, PEEP, etc. Show the people that write the educational guidelines that we want to be safe and educated and trained well and competent. Show them that we can demonstrate humility and are capable of using critical thinking and accepting feedback. Or keep getting mad over a non-issue and saying what heroes we are.