Recent content by rodoni

From my understanding of it, the agency charges for 1) insurance/liability and 2) I believe the preceptor does make some of that money. Here, Sac Metro FD will take their own employees as interns at no extra cost while Sac City FD will still charge their employees. The high cost (3900$) of the...

here's the breakdown for Sac State's Paramedic Program as of 2014/2015. Keep in mind that the course total (11,700) DOES NOT include what the agency will charge you for interning with their company; IE: Sac City FD charges an additional ~$2500 to intern with them. A smaller company may only...

I agree and disagree. *Disclaimer*: everything I'm about to say about the internship is not from first hand experience, it is just from what I've heard from my instructors. My instructors' curriculum was to make their students "real paramedics" (complete understanding as to what's going on, why...

I'll drop my $0.02. Like you, I jumped into medic school without any REAL emt experience. Granted I was a volunteer FF for a year but we only responded to fires not medical aides. I have experience with a crew, fire house etiquette, driving code 3, etc, but not so much emt experience. I just...

You can take a few ICS courses/tests to get some ICS certs online for free with FEMA. Only takes like 30mins per course and you can print your cert out.

Just got back from this training and it was AWESOME. The facility, the people, the organization, and the training. Everything was fun and informative and I'm definitely itching to go back and learn some more

In response to your question about getting a BS in paramedicine after already graduating. I too am interested in this. I am doubting that we'd be able to return to get another B.S. degree. I tried to add on a minor late in the game and CSUS said "once you graduate, you graduate. You cannot...

I agree with you about the $390/unit. I was a little unsure about that because like you, my BA didn't cost more than $3,000/semester. I just did a quick google search and saw that the cost per unit seems to vary by school. It also seems to vary by how many units you're enrolled in. For example...

To the best of my knowledge (AKA: what I've been told during class by instructors/directors): They're (medic school directors/main instructors/HR) pushing hard to get the B.S. thing going. Last I heard, ~1-1.5 months ago, with the new thing Obama is trying to do about making junior college free...

Yea, their medic program has been in bad shape for a little bit. There's a student in my class at sac state who went through CRFA and he had to start over. Sac State did the best they could to try and take on some of the CRFA didactic graduates to try and place them in an internship so they...

Oh, and Metro only takes their own employees as interns at this moment. They were only accepting non-employee interns from their CRFA program. With that program in limbo, things may change.

I'd like to provide some insight. I'm currently enrolled in Sacramento State's Paramedic Program and I wouldn't have chosen any other school. They have definitely changed even since the guy above me, "millval", has attended. I'm set to finish didactic at the end of this week. Instructors...

Definitely helps me out. I got a call today and have an interview first thing tomorrow morning. Busy week, especially with paramedic didactic finals Friday.

Can't seem to send you a PM, must not have enough posts. How did your interview go with Falck? I just got a call from them and have an interview for their Sacramento location tomorrow. Thanks in advance -Alex Rodoni

120- passed! took it monday and had to wait until tonight for my results. Jesus what a wait