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Well, if you were injured in a bad auto wreck, who would you want to help you at the scene? A paramedic or the local dog catcher? Expand on your answer to that and the assignment should pretty much write itself.

Many areas in the US don't have Paramedics. They have just EMT-Bs who are volunteers. Most will say they are just as if not more important. It all depends on the political clout in your area and who is wanting more tax money as to the importance. Paramedics are expensive and they will push their importance for funding from taxpayers. Places with a hospital on every corner would probably do just as well with EMT-Bs. Several studies would also say the patient might do better with an EMT-B rather than a Paramedic since the patient will get to the hospital where there is definitive care quicker.

So give me a dog catcher with an EMT-B cert over a Paramedic in my part of the country.