Recent content by Eltdolly

The station in "LA" is actually in Downey, they offer 8,10, and will soon have 12 hr.shifts..hourly pay for emt-b is 11 an hr. with overtime being at 16.50 but don't get too excited they hate giving OT and probably won't happen. I'm not sure what the pay is for medics :/ but they are hiring a...

The only thing I could say is dont be nervous :/ there's not much to it. Keep reviewing the skills

I went to ciemt for my emt-b since elac was full but I'm sure any emt class at any college is just as good :)

Emt-b 70 I thought I failed cause I got cut off that early but I just checked and I passed :)

Well obviously there's more to look for than just dcapbtls like when you palpate the head you would check for battle signs, raccoon eyes, and other stuff.... When you palpate the neck you would look for jvd, stoma, medical tags alert, tracheal deviation, & so on the list goes on. Perhaps you...

The secondary assessment shouldn't be that hard either... Everyone always gets three things SAMPLE, VITALS, and a Physical assessment (rapid/ focused/ detailed) and if they have s.o.b, abdominal pain, or chest pain then you>>OPQRST as well.

With the rapid medical assessment you are looking for DCAPBTLS and it's done within 60 to 90 seconds a focused assessment means you are only focused on the chief of complaint like if the patient tells you where it hurts and so on...

Mmmh well I currently attend ciemt Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Saturdays at the McCormick facility and maybe you should take it at mt.sac the program is only 21 days so every day you go into class you take a quiz and get a lecture. Oh and not to mention skills day where it's literally like boot camp...