Recent content by newemttx

I heard from MedStar and at this time they are only hiring EMT's internally.

I am planning on applying to TCC's Paramedic Fall program. Has anyone attended their program? If so, what did you think. I know classes are 6-10 M,T & W. Do you know how many clinicals they require? Also, do you if they usually have a waiting list to get in?

Does anyone know how long their field training is and what it entails for a new emt-b?

Does anyone know what MedStar uses to detemine if you can handle carrying, pulling, etc.. 125 lbs?

Is this a company that you were hoping to work for? I have been out of school a month and have not applied anywhere. I am holding out for the company I want to go to work for to start hiring. Congrats on getting the job.

WOW. That is awesome, way to change your life around. Good luck to you in your EMS career and the rest of your life.

EMT-B is NOT easy. It is a lot to learn in a short amount of time. I agree learn SAMPLE, OPQRST, etc. However, you can be book smart but you have to be able to do the skills in a certain amount of time. I would start reading my skills and text book and trying to figure how they work...

Congrats.:rolleyes: I know you are on cloud 9 right now.

Good luck. I am sure you will do just fine.

When you go in to take your test they will give you a small dry erase board that you can write on. I took someone's advice on here and put down all the information I could remember, like SAMPLE, things to do on an assessment and vitals. Then when I got a question and I was not sure how to...

Learning Express that I used is attached. It was a free download.

used Learning Express. I hope this helps. I took all of the exams and it really seemed to help me on the NREMT.