Recent content by Saywhat

Welcome to EMS! Its good to see that you have an attitude that is happy if you pass or fail but I'm sure you'll do fine as long as you keep up with the work! And its nice to see a fellow hiker as well ahha and God knows basic first aid is needed on advanced hikes

Crash courses usually mean a lot more studying on your part to be a good EMT... the long courses give you time to refresh, study, and practice the skills. IMO I don't mind em but remember you want to be as good as you can be when the life of a patient is in your hand so I say good luck to you...

+1 and thumbs up! agreed

nice! Which school is this? I'm actually applying to BSN programs next year

Damn.. .100??? my class started with probably 17... one or two of them left the first few weeks... one guy couldn't even multiply by two when doing pulse and resp... and then the rest of us passed the practical except one gal. She broke the o2 tank when trying to crack it.... i'm not sure how...

Can't say that it has changed my life per say... then again I haven't seen as many crazy calls as the rest of you people... mostly sick, EDPs, MVAs.... I'm pretty sure I won't change as a person but am constantly reminded that life is precious. +1 on the nursing home ... never going to...

http://failblog.org/2010/03/02/golfing-fail-3/#comments saw it on Today's failblog.... cactus... wtf?!

oops sorry double posted

Hey Natka! Its always good to see another EMT in the New York area! I live in the Queens area also and here is what I did. I took the EMT courses in Douglaston and I think it was a 6 month course. After I was certified and everything I joined a VAC and the captain was nice enough to speak to...