Recent content by hfenrick

Well my above question is more geared towards Paramedics, not EMT-Bs or EMRs

I have a friend who has been a nurse for a looooong time. She's been down to Haiti twice since the earthquake doing relief work and missions trips. I was wondering if there are similar possibilities for EMTs and EMT-Ps to go from Canada to places that are, well, less well off and help out.

guess I shoulda thrown mine up, but here it is. joined the VFD in my little rural town, and the first two calls were, in order: 25 y/o f c/o "baby's a comin'!!!" and the next was a MVA. One of the victims happened to be the son of a neighbor two doors down. At the time I didn't have anything...

Hey, I'm new. To the forum and EMS in general. I was just wondering what some people's stories were about why they got into EMS, and some of the things you guys do to stay motivated. I've heard that many emts and paramedics last somewhere between 5-7 years in the field. And I'd rather make...

I'd say if you're willing to come to Calgary check out AHASTI as well as Professional Medical Associates. PMA has offices both in Calgary and St. Albert though so wherever makes the most sense for you. I did my EMR at ESA last year and it was really good. I had a friend from my fire hall back...

Truth be told I was askin about SAIT because I wasn't sure if I'd make it through the competition for PMA. Thankfully, though, I found out I was accepted yesterday!

Yeah you should be fine. Talk to people who are EMTs and EMT-Ps though and get them to help ya study. They'll catch it if there's anything you missed or if there's important stuff that didn't get covered in your class, which happens sometimes.

Hey there, I'm pretty green to EMS. Got registered with ACP as an EMR last October and I'm lookin to continue all the way to paramedic. I want to go to SAIT because I wanna stay in the Calgary area. Problem is I'm starting to hear that it's not as good a program as it used to be and that...