Recent content by twiggysgirl34

I agree with the youtube videos. There's some really good ones on medical assessment and the other ones.

If you are anywhere near East Hartford, Code One Training Solutions offers an emt b practical skills group study session to prepare for testing. Can't remember how much it costs though. Study those sheets like it's your job. Most people fail bvm because oxygenation is delayed more than 10...

Payment with an application to a volunteer department is quite common. Most departments use the money to cover the cost of the background checks. Never heard of paying for the orientation training though.

I was told by quite a few people to read the answers first. Often it helps you see the one that is the most ridiculous answer. It helped me out a lot. My EMT-I said that most questions have two answers that are obviously wrong and two that are right, you just have to pick the one that is the...

CT OEMS office # is 8605097975. I say call to verify because sometimes, stuff goes missing...

Call OEMS on Monday to verify they have everything. CT is a national registry state, no distaste test. Just a heads up, it can take six to eight weeks to process your state certification. They only have one person doing the filing, she only works one to two days a week. But when you signed up...

Complaining must have finally gotten me somewhere. My national reg certification number posted today! Still waiting on the state.

Today is day 70 and I'm still not a certified emt. This is all extremely frustrating and apparently they made my instructor resubmit my paperwork for a third time.

Eight weeks and still nothing. I'm terrified that everything I've learned will have been forgotten by the time my certification posts.

Yes, I took all six stations. I know I have the right instructor because he was able to input the part for completing the course. Talked to my instructor this morning and he says that it is Oems that puts it in. He was able to confirm that the state does have all my paperwork, so that's a...

Hi everyone, I'm new to the world of EMS having completed my class at the beginning of August 2011. I took my Connecticut state practicals on August 17. I got approval from NREMT to sit for the CBT exam even though I hadn't received any word on my practical results. Turns out my results had...