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yeah, thats what i kinda suspected, just wanted to be sure thanks.

Thank you for your response, any help Is appreciated. I know that I need to brush up on my EKG competence before working in the field, but for the tests sake will I need to know every detailed axis variation and the causation for every anamoly or just identify "basic" problems for example: rate...

Can anyone provide some insight on the 12 lead portion of the NYC test? I mean, what kind of rhythms? Is it pretty basic dysrythmias? I have experience interpreting them, but I have never been very confident about the stickier ones.

Thanks doc, The FDNY website is pretty basic, I was looking for information like the second part of your post, which I appreciate greatly. Is it difficult to get in, and how is the academy?

i currently hold NREMT-P, CPR, ACLS, PALS, PHTLS, and am working TX-to-NYS reciprocity, and NYC REMAC cert. what else do i need?

thank you everyone for the input and answers, i am seeking a job in NYC, and am just trying to learn as much as i can about the way "ya'll" do things :P

My wife is taking a job in NYC, does anyone have any experience with the FDNY hiring process for Paramedics? I will need to find a job as well, and is the FDNY the best choice for NYC EMS employment? I have been in EMS for three years, and a Paramedic for one. Any information regarding, call...

Yes of course it was covered, and it was refreshed in Paramedic school, no reason to be a smart***. Here in south Texas buildings sprawl outwards rather than upwards, so a stair chair would be an unnecessary luxury for us here as we rarely encounter a staircase. I was curious as to how some of...

My apologies, I really have no experience with a stair chair, so I do not know what would be contraindicated. I am just curious, as to how large urban services, take these patients down multiple flights of stairs. I suppose FD assistance and good 'ol sweat and tears is the norm?

I am looking for any suggestions on how to bring down that dreaded, 200+ pound unresponsive patient, down three flights of stairs. Unfortunately, our private service does not provide stair chairs. I am looking for a more efficient way to do so, because this whole backboard thing is getting old...