What counts as clinical experience?

[icampy]

In the EMT program Im starting, clinicals consist of a set number of patient contacts, and they actually mean patient contacts. Hands-on, whether it is nothing more than taking vitals, or working on a trauma patient. But they require hands-on care. NREMT only calls out hours, but the trainer we use added patient contacts. You can do 2 12s and meet ambulance hours for NREMT, but we live in a rural area and might have to do 5 times that for 25 patient contacts. But yeah, if we dont take vitals at least, or provide trauma care, they don't count it as clinicals.

No idea about nursing.

But I'm curious about the answer.