Recent content by emtphil

So I had my interview with MedStar in Fort Worth, TX. I had to take a 100-question multiple choice test, then I was interviewed by three people from the company, then I had a clinical interview where I was given scenarios and I had to say what I'd do. They said they'd call me within two...

He's not a Texan. He may claim to be, but to me he's from Connecticut. Just my .02. No political debate here.

Does anybody know who to contact for volunteering in the Dallas-Fort Worth (TX) area? A lot of refugees will be coming up this way and I'd like to do some volly work.

This is a good idea. At my baccalaureate service my senior year of high school, a woman had a heart attack and died. I came back the next year, and every hallway in the school had an AED.

Hey, you're new as well?

I got word from the Texas Dept. of State Health Services, and they say I have to take the NREMT assessment exam. Anyone know what that's like?

Got one similar, except I was a victim. I was driving home from school one day, going through a green light, when this woman decides to try to turn across the intersection from the opposite side of the street, thinking she can beat me through the light. She doesn't, and I slam into her...

Was it Professional EMS (the private ambulance co. in Cambridge) that showed up, or was it CFD?

Yeah, but since most x-ray systems are digital now, why not find a way to shoot an x-ray then transmit it to a hospital where a radiologist can look at it?

There were quite a few cops in my EMT-B class in Boston. One of them was a cop in Nahant, MA, which is a small peninsula on the north shore. According to him, all cops in Nahant had to be cross-trained as EMTs.

Hello everybody, I've been an EMT-B for almost a month now. I have yet to actually start working for an ambulance service because I've just moved from another state and I'm waiting for a reciprocal license. Speaking of which, how hard is it to get a reciprocal license? I've already sent off...