Surfs_The_Box t1_irz9hf2 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 3:34 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in New York residents who don't want to choose a gender can now choose "X" as a gender marker on a New York State license by maxcrazy

I just do not like being called a bad provider like some have done on this thread just because I think that knowing the birth gender of my patient is important.

Like to sugges your birth organs and hormones have nothing to do with patient care is ludicrous to suggest.

I can't tell you how important it is to arriving to a 911 call and helping someone figure out if their medical complaint is potentially fatal or not. Signs and symptoms are so different from men to women.

Haunting-Key-3116 t1_irzdwi0 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 4:16 AM

Thank goodness it is just a small negligible percentage of people who don’t understand why this matters in the EMS world and make a big deal out it. Thanks for your service

crushbyrichardsiken t1_is0v0c6 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 2:17 PM

happy to keep chatting in dms if you're curious, but otherwise I'm going to delete everything as I've started getting harassment comments. you're right in that they have no idea if you're a good provider based on the teaspoon of info here, that's ridiculous and obscene. I'm sorry people are saying things like that.