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Sooo... I finished my EMTB course last quarter, passed registry and got on with a vfd to gain some experience. Right now I'm taking prereqs for A&P, and starting that course load next quarter. My original plan was to finish off A&P, and start paramedic school in the fall. I planned to start...

Sooo... I finished my EMTB course last quarter, passed registry and got on with a vfd to gain some experience. Right now I'm taking prereqs for A&P, and starting that course load next quarter. My original plan was to finish off A&P, and start paramedic school in the fall. I planned to start...

Sounds like what I heard in my emtb class, except they based the cut rate on class averages. If the students average dropped below 80% after the second or third test they were out. So ya know, someone could fail on the airway management chapter, but ace ambulance operations... The...

I have ADD and I smoked marijuana a few times in high school. Most of these times were just before school coincidently enough. All of these occasions I found myself incredibly more focused on lectures and school work. Also I started to notice that friends that also had ADD, had quite similar...

I would definitely take the opportunity to get on my local fd if it presented itself, but full knowing my main goal is to be a paramedic not dreaming of fighting fires - except the possibility of passing backgrounds seems very far off. I'm perfectly fine moving after school to find work...

My Rap sheet: As a teenager:- Experimented with marijuana, no arrests. - Assisted in theft of lawn ornaments, no arrests. - Ran up my credit, got a judgement, filed for bankruptcy. Bankruptcy never went through, but it appears as it did. - Flew through part-time employment, something like...

I recently earned my NREMTB. Volunteering. College science courses leading into A&P. Heading into paramedic. In my city, everything is ran by the fire department and everyone only goes through EMS courses at the community colleges so to look shiny to the FD. I'm not one of those people...

Hi. I tried looking for a post asking a similar question, but searching was to no avail. Soon after starting my EMTB course I posted a question asking if time spent working as an EMT, and taking Anatomy/Physiology is absolutely neccessary before progressing to paramedic. It should be pretty...

Hey all, thanks for all the responses they were helpful. I ended up just briefly scanning my notes at around 9pm last night, took the test this morning, and found that I passed by the afternoon.

I forgot in my original reply that another reason is shows like Trauma. Not that ya know, I want to risk my own life and limb or have sex in the back of an ambulance. The show is completely fake. But instead of watching the show and only having a general sense of what is wrong with it, I...

I passed my EMTB practicals almost two weeks ago, and my authorization to test is now ready to print. During my course I averaged 85% on our weekly quizzes, and received a 94% on our hundred question final exam. As I understand these were from the test question bank. Practicals were pretty...

running red lights and ya know... helping people, I guess. Honestly, I've just happened to be witness to many emergencies. What sparked my interest in EMS was this one time I was in a fast food drive through, and the car in front of me wasn't pulling up. After laying on my horn for a few...

Aggressive as in how? Should I just go ahead and start asking the pt questions and taking vitals? I guess I'm confused as to whether ride alongs are for primarily observing or practicing skills. I'm not much of an aggressive person anyways if I don't have to be... :/

Current Emt student. I would say half way along. I had my first ride along last weekend with paramedics on a local fd, and my next is coming up in a couple weeks. During the first call, a nose bleed, I tried taking bp but we were bouncing about couldn't hear anything. Got bp by palp. It was...