Recent content by YoungbloodEMS

I'm fine with all the gun talk haha :). Honestly guys, I'm STILL waiting on Texas to issue my EMT cert, so I'm not going to be able to utilize all of this Grade-A info for a little while longer so I may have to come back and ask a few more questions when the time comes but if in the meantime...

Y'all have been extremely helpful! Thanks to all! Sorry I haven't replied I've been super duper busy with orientation with Acadian. I'm carrying sort of a hybrid of all of that. In the meantime until my Texas state EMS cert come in I'm working as a Van Operator to make some money. So what I've...

Thanks bud

Y'all have been extremely helpful! Many thanks! I've got a Littmann Lightweight II steth, and ADC palm style sphyg (even though I guess I'll be palpating NIBP mostly eh? Lol), basic shears, basic penlights, Informed EMS Field Guide BLS Version ninth edition, and some VS notebooks for notes. Not...

Yeah my problem is I always forget to pack a lunch/snacks and I don't eat fast food so what's going to likely wind up happening is I'll just not eat hahah...

I skimmed through some of that and I think I'll bring the basics and figure out whats necessary as I progress. Thanks for the advice! Also, VentMonkey, I was joking. I figured what I learned in class is way different from what I'll learn on the job, I was just trying to confirm.

Dang, so nothing medical eh? Is it just me or do I think I'm going to be doing way more than I'm actually going to be doing? In my head I imagine I'm going to be running around stopping bleeding, saving old ladies, jumping up and down on chests but in the back of my head I feel like if its...

I'm going to be starting soon as a fresh basic in San Antonio, Texas and I would like to avoid having unnecessary equipment and looking like freaking Batman. Any ideas on what items are essential and what items are superfluous?

That's either illegal or unethical as ****. I wouldn't do it, but that's just my gut. In the interest of full disclosure I start as an EMT on the 26th so I don't have the experience to guide me, just a moral compass and I wouldn't do it, especially if you weren't rendering the care.

That's for the class but as far as the BLS class goes yeah its like they said. Just bouncing up and down on dummies for a few hours and probably a terrible video you'll have to watch.

Make sure you pay really close attention and read your book. I'm not sure about your class but my textbook was around 1300 pages. Obviously you wont be expected to remember all of it but theoretically you should have a good grasp of it. One thing that I noticed helps a lot is learning from...

Lame?! There are hills here! and the riverwalk! way cooler than nola. Also I couldn't see how to PM you. I don't have as many questions about EMS as I do how to ****ing meet people out here. I'm going crazy and I don't go to orientation till the 12th, and I can only go on the 12th if my TX state...

Hi all, My name is Matt, and as the title said I'm starting fresh. I finished getting certified a few weeks ago and packed up and moved from New Orleans Louisiana to San Antonio Texas. If anyone here is in SA and would want to hang out not only would I love the chance to pick your brain but I...