Recent content by brahms0788

I visit family in Minnesota often and they have a similar system in downtown Minneapolis at every streetlight! The two times that I've seen an ambulance come through, it worked great.

Great advice guys! I'm pretty sure I'll take the Basic class second semester once I'm used to my college work load. I'll probably end up doing stand-by at my school's sporting events during the school year as well as some physician shadowing and working for a local transport during the summer...

Dumb question, but are you allowed to get a red light and/or siren if you join a volunteer department? I've seen two volunteer firefighter pickups one with a rack light the other with a dash. ..not sure about non firefighting EMT's.

Thanks for your replies! To clarify a little bit, I'd be doing a music major and premed at the same time along with workstudy and my school (Yale) is very demanding. I might be able to do around five hours a week tops. Also, I have heard that EMS isn't necessarily a shoe-in to med school...

Hey everyone! I'm entering a college next year in Connecticut that offers an EMT-B class that I hope to take. I have always wanted to be involved in emergency services and am also pre-med and in need of some medical experience before applications. My entire home county in North Carolina is...