Recent content by XxGAMBLExX

smartmedic.com you can just skip over the ALS questions. There are a few, but a lot of basic information in there.

Actually, it was a little over a month before I was registered. My practicals were on March 24th. My Computer Exam was April 14th, and I was finally nationally certified on April 26th. I talk to a friend of mine who took last years class, he said as soon as he passed his Computer based test, he...

My favorite was when we put Surgilube on the door handles of our agencies other rig. We happened to run into each other at the hospital, so we decided to lube their handles when they took their patient inside.

The agency I ride with has a power cot. It has it's benefits, like easily lifting your 500 pounders, but it weighs and extra 40 lbs, so if you have to carry it over things it's a pain. I love using it though.

I figured it out. Yes, as an EMT-B in Michigan your Practical Exam is given by your instructor and he signs a "letter of competency." Turns out that the problem was, after he verified me to test, he never sent my Practical exam score to the NREMT. So I got on the phone with him, the program...

This basically is what happened during my clinicals. Please excuse the language, this is just a good explanation. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHAmlyyrhTM

Are you kidding!?!?! I had to do 64 hrs ambulance and 48 hrs ER clinicals. For Basic EMT.

it's okay to be a junior coder guys. :) I do agree, enjoy the next couple years, but you can still be a junior coder.

I know you can in Michigan. I started at 17, all you should have to do is sign a waiver of liability saying if you get sick or injured while riding, you can't sue the company you're volunteering with.

I'm sure that's how it works for the EMT-B. 100% sure now. I called our program director, and she is going back through my stuff to make sure everything was sent in correctly. So hopefully this fixes it, I'll keep you updated.

I know a guy who is a full-time dispatcher for our county, and a part-time Paramedic. So, while he's on the rig, he will occasionally make farm animal noises. The on duty dispatcher offered to send us animal control, but of course, being a smart-@$$ he replied. That's okay, we'll call their...

Thanks! I'm beginning to think my instructor jacked up somewhere. But to take the computer based test, your application has to be approved, and one of the things that gets approved is whether or not you passed a practical. Idk, I am at a loss. I talked to a guy who took the same class I did...

Yeah, I'm just entering the game :)

Well, where I'm from. The Basic EMT class practical exam is part of the class. Instead of doing a state practical, the instructor signs a "letter of competency." First I thought I misunderstood, so I looked for a practical exam for an EMT-B, and they do not exist in my state. As far as I can...

I recently took (and passed) my NREMT Basic cognitive exam. According to the National registry however, I am not nationally certified. This makes no sense other than my psycho-motor exam score not being reported. The only problem with that, is to become eligible for computer based testing, you...