I don’t really get this. Just cause you are in the National Guard does not mean you are medically and legally qualified to work in the capacity in the hospital as such. How do they do this?
“Just cause you are in the National Guard does not mean you are medically and legally qualified to work in the capacity in the hospital as such.”
My brother-in-law became a National Guard medic in 1969 during the Vietnam War.
He never held a New York State health care license.
They aren’t taking Guard in general, they’re taking medical Guard units specifically. So they’ll mostly have medics, who have training in some stuff but certainly aren’t fully trained to the level they think they are. Medics are closer to paramedics than licensed nurses. Army nurses aren’t nearly that prevalent, they actually have their bsn and are commissioned officers.
And again, most of these people likely work in a field that utilizes those skills, so it’ll be hospital staff, paramedics, and firefighters likely the most pulled out for this deployment...