Recent content by RJ75

Thanks for the advice! I'm planning on going back to get my EMT in August or September. Just need to save up the cash for it. Thanks again.

You'd have to double check with Elliot at ESA, but when I was there last year for my EMR I remember hearing that you could register for the EMT course without your ACP, as long as you were in the process of writing the exam/getting your certification. Seeing as you're waiting on your crim check...

So I passed my ACP exams in January, got my registration taken care of last month and it looks like I've got my first industrial EMR job lined up. Does anyone who's worked industrial in Alberta have any suggestions or tips about what to expect on the job? RJ

So, this councilman says because EMTs are there to help people they should rush into an unsafe scene, consequences be damned, to help people. We all know how well that would go over. But using his own logic has the councilman ever thought that as an elected representative of his city...

Just thought I'd throw my two cents in here. I'm also 35, and am just about half way through my EMR course (roughly the same level as EMT-B, but up here in Alberta). I'm finding that my age is giving me a huge edge, as many have mentioned here. You're going to probably take the material with the...

I'm also curious to hear if anyone knows of any aid organizations that staff EMS personnel as this is something I'm interested in pursuing down the road. I've looked at MSF (Doctor's Without Borders) but they don't staff EMTs/Paramedics.

Granted, I'm only a student myself in Edmonton, but from what I've heard during my research of a place to start my EMR program, SAIT and NAIT both have horrible "success" rates for passing the ACP exam; one of the students in my EMR class did the NAIT program and failed his ACP exam.