Recent content by cperschke

I think there's a lot of truth to that. I had quite a few medic friends when I worked Law Enforcement, because of that I know many of the limitations of EMTs. I only ever called for an ambulance for myself or a family member twice, once was after I got shot and the other time was when my...

Well, you've probably found what your looking for, but for anyone else that looks into this thread I highly recommend www.bdu.com They have a discount-clearance section called "the discount bdu" where they sell BDU's at about $10-$15.

I'm not in EMS. Yet. But I have worked public safety. I have been required to work mandatory overtime, although I was in a position where I had a legal obligation to take action, or quit. But quiting was only allowed if there was no immediate legal obligation for me to act. :rolleyes...

Haha, that's very true.. I remember Leaving a shooting profeciency test after the third person fired a round in an unsafe direction during a time when no one was supposed to be firing... Some times the stars just align and you get a bad class.

Wow... Yeah when you fail it's your issue. When your class fails it's the instructors issue... I'd seriously be demanding a refund-reporting the instructor.

I understand and agree with your points, but in your experience is it that any class offered at a college is going to be good, and any class offered outside of a college is bad?

See, I totally agree. That makes perfect sense. I guess I can imagine some hypothetical situations though where it's offroad, or wait an extra 10-20 minutes for traffic to clear. Although it doesn't seem like that's whats going on in this video.

Actually, This is something I hadn't considered. It makes perfect sense that you need a nice stable platform to give aid to a patient, I suppose it's possible though that in some cases the potential harm might still be minimal compared to the delay, but overall it does in fact seem risky...

So, I'm the FNG. I'm not even an EMT-B. That being said It seems like everyone concern is the passing on the right, and the airhorn to try to get people to move? Maybe things are drasticly different in an ambulance but I've run "code 3" In a police vehicle and there are times when...

I second this sentiment. I've known some very intelligent people that simply couldn't take standardized tests. There are coaches and tutors out there. Hang in there, study your material, find a coach, take practice tests, and try again.

I'd like to thank you all for the advice. Probably one of my biggest concerns is retaining this information so I can actually use it. Even if I don't end up working in the medical field. I've been looking into volunteer opportunities in my area as well. That being said, I'm kinda shocked...

I'm not trying to be combative, but I think that's a bit narrow minded. We don't know what format the test was in. I know that I have taken tests on subjects that I know very well and failed because the format was misleading, or the questions were worded improperly. In general I think if...

Well, I have some feedback on this issue as well. I'm currently shopping around for a good EMT-B class, what I'm finding is that ALL of them are only 120 hours. Even those offered at the college. The only difference I'm finding is how far they space those hours out. There's a private school...

So, first off; Hello everyone! I'm a layperson (First Responder, AED, CPR for Healthcare certs.) looking into my options for emt schools. I am looking at getting my emt-b, but I probably want to pursue a medic program as well. Around here (phoenix, AZ) there are several EMT programs...