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Jon...thanks for your clarification.

Thanks to everyone for your replies. Rid, I believe that I am misunderstanding the terms. I am under the impression that having taken the course, passed the NR test, that I am now a Certified EMT-B. Doesn't licensing come next when I actually start to practice in a particular state?

Hi all, Having recently passed my NR tests, I am currently getting set up to run with a local rescue squad. My question is...what is protocol for being certified but not yet licensed to practice in a state as relates to stopping at the scene of an accident and rendering care within my scope of...

Thanks for the info Thanks for the info DA. I see how it works now and really, it is a very good method of testing. Rather than making one sit on and on to complete a set number of questions, as you stated, competency is determined as some point along the line.

Cutoff at 70 Passed mine on my first try also. I can only echo what has already been stated in that the questions are designed to really make you think through the correct solution to the situation. I studied like a banshee, had a great class at SOLO in NH that really went out of their way to...

Now in good condition Found an updated article in Buffalo newspaper. He is now in good condition. Kudos' to the team Doc who apparently held pressure on the way to the hospital and to the EMT's who kept the fluids going in while in transit. I wonder if the Doc had to actually pinch pressure on...

Hi all, I'm wondering if anyone has any details of the incident involving the hockey player that severed a caratid artery during the game the other night? It seemed like a major bleed, apparantly under some type of control as the player left the ice but then not much more news about it other...