APP scope creep

[clubdeac]

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How do you guys feel about this article published in Chest

 

[tartesos]

I have never seen one do it or wanting to do it.

They can take my bronchoscope out of my cold dead fingers 🤣

 

[joooul]

This article seems to be written by chatgpt. Bronchoscopy is merely the tip of the iceberg. An increasing amount of 'literature' equates CCM physicians with NPs/PAs in different ICU settings( nighttime, specialized units, and step-down). I won't be surprised if, in the next decade, NPs and PAs constitute the majority of ICU 'providers,' a change that would also be reflected in compensation and align with Medicare/Medicaid goals.

 

[CCM-MD]

I've worked with a few ICU midlevels "signed off" with bronchs. Mostly snot sucking with an airway in place. I’ve also met a couple that an idiot surgeon decided to train in perc trachs and they love to brag about it. Medicine is in a sad state.

 

[chessknt]

The bronchoscope in the picture looks like a pediatric scope. WTF are they going to do with that?