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Join the army and you'll be in HEAVEN. ^.^

I don't see how starting a saline lock is so easy screwed up. In the Army we were doing IV's every day for months, its easy, we did them in classrooms, in the dirt, in the rain, while the casualty is on a litter. 3 days of training for a saline lock is acceptable, and necessary. Pushing...

I just graduated from Fort Sam Houston on July 2nd as a 68w1o. The criteria was pretty dumbed down, but it definatly wasn't shortened to 13 weeks. It's still the full 16 1/2 weeks. The hardest part is still the EMT training. The EMT training from CPR to the NREMT is 6-7 weeks. Keep in mind...