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The hospitals around here are starting to receive their equipment to start performing Therapeutic Hypothermia.

Yea, this is the only way I can remember how the leads go on. I'm not sure how to get this song out of my head now though!!!

Virginia. It's not in Virginia law, it's the way our OMD functions. He requires that we hold each individual certification level for 1 year before continuing on, but makes the exception if you acquire a higher certification through attending a college.

I would first have to get my EMT-E (6 months) and then follow up with my EMT -I (6-8 months depending on where I take it). To top that, I have to hold my basic for a year, and my EMT-E for a year, that's approx 3 years, hence the year and a half if I take the EMT-I curriculum at a college...

Okay, I'm currently an EMT-B and a, soon-to-be, high school graduate. I need to know the following: Should I go to a 4 year college and get my BSN (to work in an ER and later become an anesthetist) or should I go to a 2 year college for a year and a half and get my EMT-Intermediate...