Recent content by "JT"

I understand the fear, I really do. Most 18 year old kids are...well...ummm...if you don't have anything nice to say. I have always been ahead of my age I graduated from high school at an early 17 with a year of experience as a dental assistant in my father's office. I then started volunteering...

I'm 18 and in a Paramedic class. I have never had problems in the field, mostly I think because the guys who I work with are the guys who teach my class (or commanded by one of my teachers) and in the field they treat you with respect. I do get alot of jokes aimed at me about how young I am in...

My basic course was 6 months long, 2 nights a week for 4 hours. I was trained in Michigan, it seems that the standard here is 300 or so hours of class time 40 hours on an ambulance and 12 hours in a hospital's ER. Then again every place isn't the same.