Recent content by LSalander

Just three. The author died but some say there's another one he never published. If you're broke and on the rig more than not, I'd say download the audio books and listen while at work. I have been downloading audio books and when my partner sleeps I listen to them. I go to demonoid or...

You should read the books! Movies were good, but books were hard to put down.

new emt never gonna live down... 1. Telling pt "I'm gonna get you off now" and "It's gonna be a bit bumpy getting you off" 2. Telling pt "We're gonna drop you now" (just warning them....) 3. Telling pt to "Enjoy your stay" at hospice facility 4. Calling in to dispatch "Please be advised we...

Just wanted to say thanks for all the great advice you gave on interviewing with Rural Metro. It worked! I love working for the company and really enjoy being an EMT.

newbie on being a newbie I've been working just a couple of months, so my opinion's worth about that much...but I'm gonna give it anyway: 1. Ask questions 2. Ask questions 3. Ask questions 4. Pay attention! I had great FTOs and worked with a few really experienced partners already and...

Ha! Yeah, how'd you know?!

Linuss, Veneficus, thank you for your feedback! EMT-'I' is a young guy (22), all muscles and testosterone...hoping I'll have a partner with more experience and less 'tude. I think I've been hired with a good company and hopin' they feel the way you both do about additional resources. I'm...

Using additional resources for lifting I've gotten mixed reviews on this issue from EMTs I've spoken to. From instructors I was told that you always 'request additional resources' when necessary, such as help with lifting heavy patients. From an EMT I take a class with, that is frowned upon...

I've been told the key to gettin' an EMT job in SD is persistence and know your stuff - protocols especially. Keep up with studying and practicing skills. Even w/o the dummies and equipment you can go over it in your head and mimic the motions. Whatever it takes to be sharp. Practice your...

AmeriCare I take a class with one of their EMTs and he has nothing but good things to say about them, at least from an employee's prospective. As an interview-ee I felt really good about them. Sounds like they have a great orientation/training program and were super accommodating about my...

Totally something to care about.... Congrats! So much work to do that with a family and preexisting career. You should be stoked and proud!! Ok, carry on... :)

Thanks Monkey, your advice was invaluable!!!! I was so glad I focused on memorizing the hospitals. R/M was the first company I interviewed with to test on them (in great detail). And protocols...oh man, don't get me started! I could take a whole nother semester just learning all the darn SD...

Feedback on AmeriCare Did an interview with AmeriCare and they were awesome. Totally professional, very nice and welcoming, and sounds like they have a great program for their new EMTs. 2 months of training with sims and exams and a very careful transition into patient care. I felt like they...

Nervous is 9001% normal?!?!? Thank goodness! I was nervous doing skills testing, and don't get me started on interviews....I was shaky just taking pulses during the skills portion of interviews. I actually wasn't nervous when working with pts during my ride-along and ER clinical. Figured the...

Shady..? Yeah, I'd really like to know how they are shady. I have a skills test and interview soon and was excited. Of all the places I've applied at, they were up there with R/M and AMR as far as professionalism. I'm in Escondido, so maybe the atmosphere's different?