Recent content by prairiefire

Hi, You may know this -- there is a distinction between having a certificate that shows you've been taught a skill and one's ability to practice that skill. Depending on where you work, your "scope of practice" will determine which of the skills, for which you are certified, you will be able...

Hi Torsades, Let me try to answer your question: "I was looking into it and had some doubts especially given the 12 hours long consecutive days and the high tuition. Where did you take yours? Did you have payment plan options?" 1. I, too, was concerned about whether I would have the stamina to...

For me, the value of the test sites was not the questions asked but, rather, the paragraphs that explained, in broad terms the topics in the question. I used JBL and a couple of apps on my iPhone. Not one site had questions that replicated the style of the NREMT (which I took last month.) I...

Like others stopped around 70. Felt uncertain. Passed. What an odd test!

I'm responding to a thread I started last year. Ironically, one year, to the day, after I posted my last response, I entered a 14 day Unitek EMT Boot Camp. Since there is so much discussion of Unitek, here, I thought I'd report on my experiences. Here's my frame of reference: I have over 30...

I Do Think 14 Days Will Work for Me Thanks for the reply. As I said in my initial post: "I've got a pretty good handle on the pluses and minuses of a 14 day course. I have a unique situation where, on balance, I think the short course would might work for me." I am a volunteer with a...

Update: Better Unitek Sales Experience My concerns about Unitek's sales practices have been alleviated. Initially, I was told that I could not have a syllabus and that they could not tell me the book they are using until AFTER I paid an enrollment fee. Yesterday, I talked with another...

In my EMR course we are using a Brady/Pearson book, EMR First on Scene. We take the National Skills tests, except for Patient Assessment we do only Trauma and not Medical. I'm sure the EMT book and course go into more depth -- but I'd gain some confidence in the 14 day course if I could figure...

I'm new and was hesitant to start a new thread. I've searched and read all of the old threads and when I tried to post to one of them, I got the message that it was more than 294 days old and that it might be better to start a new one. At the risk of breaching forum protocol with my first...