Recent content by Rudy Smith 123

You said " learn to accept to accept the economic of it(EMS) I believe you are correct and my attitude is the corner stone of my resentment to this profession. If I could just accept it and live with it, I would be free from being annoyed with the low pay. Acceptance is the key. if you Find...

Wow! I have not logged in to this account in 8 years. I posted this my 1st year and now I am on my 8th year. Where I am now and the little experience I have in EMS...I read my inital post and I sound like a excited teenager. Noble..yet naive. Honestly, at that time. I dont think was edgar...

It is starting to look that way!

I had to pass a 10 pannel drug test to get in to emt school. we also did randoms and before clinicals. Weed takes about 3O days to get out. Also , some employers drug test also. If there was an "accident" at a clinical site/employer...those involved would/may be tested. I hope you stay...

Houston. Currently , in San Antonio.

Thanks! Outreach, is a great idea! i would not know where to start...maybe ask a juvy probation officer.

Does credit actually have to do with being able to get a fire cert? On the other hand..the big city fire departments check everything...dont let "them" discourage you or lead you to a conclusion before you get a concrete answer via effort. I was looking at fire in california, and it seems...

What about a (vol or pay)fire department that will train ? Any EMS volunteer service around Grand Rapid, Kalamazoo, Mason county, Ocena county ??

Right...good recoil. good preload? Here, wouldn't some ask me "what are you doing"?, with compression's like that in the video?? I have done cpr one time. I wounder how they do CPR in Europe..

"""No offense, but when you have a greater than 50% attrition rate, your curriculum, methods of instruction and student acceptance needs to be heavily investigated. This isn't med school...""""'' Dont a lot of people drop out pf paramedic school? In Basic, we had (about 5+1 final)major exams...

Im new in this profession. I am also now in my quest, to be a professional. For the next year..ill be working for my respect and trust on the ambulance. SO FAR, im not in it for the money. I am in it because I love EMS. If I am lucky..i wont have to work a day in this career. I am young and...

Nremt-b, #82 nremt-i/85 #102

I got a dry erase marker, and on the bathroom mirror wrote out my.. *medical/trauma patient assessment skill sheets. *neonate-adult vital stat *what ever..CPR skill sheet its the first thing i see in AM. and last thing i see in PM something to look at while u do paper work lol

ok. Maybe it was that he could use BLS, not ALS. Were those compression's a bit fast?

In Bangkok, I talk to a paramedic. He was from Australia... and he left his EMS job back home. This was a few year ago..but i remember telling me about that all he can do is transport to hospital. Not even BVM. He had a face mask in a holster. "you are a paramedic and all you can do is load...