Recent content by adrenalin

Here is how I look at it. We as EMT's are responsible for the well being of our patients. Thus, we should know what we are doing. Allowing multiple mistakes and irresponsibility like this school does (as the original poster stated) is setting future EMT's up for failure and possible patient...

That's the beauty of having a massive knowledge base based upon experience. There can be many solutions (ways of doing things) that can be correct. Thank you Hunter for the warm welcome. Hopefully one day I will be able to add my advice after being in the profession for a bit and carry on the...

Try this link, there is a link for specific location in top right of the chart: http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Emergency_Medical_Technician_(EMT)_-_Basic/Hourly_Rate

Thank you for reminding me of that Tigger, I forget that some states didn't have those courses

Hope ya enjoy your training

Awesome job

I just carry a pen light, cell phone, leatherman multitool knife, and use my own steth.....everything else, in my mind, is situation dependent and the gear comes out when needed

I usually work out 3 times a week at the gym and the days I don't, I hike. As far as nutrition goes.....I don't eat that healthy (shame on me)

To me, there doesn't seem to be enough information to cause me to believe that there is a spinal injury. Did the patient fall sideways, back, forward, etc? Depending on how she fell would give you a better understanding of what parts of the body have been affected. Just my thoughts on the...

When I was enlisted in the army, I wanted to change my MOS to 68W series. From what I could find out, the Army is willing to enlist and also pay some of your education costs back to you if you have any certificates/degrees in the medical field and you go into a medical mos. I don't know much...

Lol, great marketing strategies for getting people to take some BSL courses!

I'm currently taking the EMT-B class as well, we are using Brady's Emergency Care 12th Ed. Personally, the book is alright, there are times I have to ask my class mates if they understood something that I didn't. I am more of a hands on learner, so the labs are where I learn the best.

Hello everyone I'm a full time student working towards my AAS in EMS and hope to become a paramedic in a year and a half. I am halfway through the EMT-B course and taking the NREMT exam in December. As of right now, I have more questions than I do answers about many topics and I am hoping to...

Additional classes for an EMT-B I believe you can start towards your ALS classes and certs by taking an IV cert class, EKG cert class, and any classes having to do with specialized scenes, such as additional pediatric trauma courses, EMT-Tactical for law enforcement and military, stuff like...