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I take it you're not the kind soul willing to help me. To correct you, it's not homework, and it's certainly not mine. I'm filling them out as an accessory method to studying. If anyone would be willing to contribute, then they'd be willing to contribute. If not, that's fine. Either way, I don't...

Hey all, I found some free blank diagrams online, as I need some for studying in my medic class, and I'd like someone with more experience than me to fill these out correctly! I will have access to my book later and can try to fill them out for my own use, but I want a master copy! If...

1. Study. Read. Study some more. Read some more. 2. Find buddies. Get good connections going early on. 3. Do NOT put ANYTHING off until the last minute! You will severely regret it. 4. Be kind to all of your patients, even if they are jerks. 5. Being kind to your preceptors in your...

I'd say start out with a cheaper one ($20-30) first. Hold off on the Littman's or the big name-brand ones for now. Practice with the cheaper one on clinicals, or have a friend drive you around with someone in the back. Get a BP cuff and practice listening for the pulse in a moving vehicle. Also...

I didn't think this would get as much input as it's getting! Awesome! I'm loving reading all of these answers. To those that mentioned ethics being important in the field, I wholeheartedly agree. If it were me in the situation, I'd perform care. If the father didn't have a weapon of any sort...

Note: This is a hypothetical worst-case scenario I'm throwing out here. This never happened to me, and I hope this never happens to anyone. I just wanna know how the rest of you guys'd handle this! Scenario: You and your partner get called to a "sick person" in a fairly decent suburban...

Okay! Good tip! My short-term goal right now is just that: Finish basic and get hired on. I applied to many places this week already. I don't want to jump right into being a medic, or a flight medic for that matter, as I'd like some experience as a basic first, but I most definitely anticipate...

Sounds like you're not too fond of flight medic, then. Why do you think it's not a real career or just a "perceived ideology?" I don't really know much about being a flight medic, so I don't really know what to think of it right now. I'd love to find out more about it, though. Good and the bad.

Hello all! Today, I just found out that EMS exists in airplanes, and I am extremely interested and excited by this idea! I've always loved being on airplanes and learning about them, just about as much as I love EMS, so combining the two is almost a life dream! Don't judge me for not knowing...

I'm in EMT-B training right now, and we are set to take our state tests come early December. I've got one more 8-hour hospital clinical to do (24 hours for hospitals, 48 hours for ambulance rides, 4 hours for nursing home) and I've already learned quite a bit so far with hands-on experience...

I'm still in basic training, but what I did was first looked around to see about CPR/First aid/AED training. It's what really sparked my interest in EMT training (took 3 various first aid classes my last semester at school). What I did, next, was then looked around in hospitals. I think it...

I'm currently doing EMT-B training, and my instructor insists that we only need to take the state exam once our training is up. I plan on eventually moving out of state. When, exactly, that will be, I do not know. My question, then, is this: Which, in any of your personal experiences, would be...

I've been doing various forms of martial arts on and off at various ages in my life. Tae Kwon Do and Karate when I was 12 for about 1 and 1/2 years. I attempted judo when I was about 14. I did kendo for some time when I was 17. And now, at age 21, I am looking to do Northern Shaolin kung-fu...

Thank you, everyone, for so much input! This is helpful. I have no idea what it's going to be like on a daily basis working as an EMT in any area that I can find, but as a general means of experience, these points are good. I will look into my possible psychological issues with cigarette smoke...

Salutations. I am somewhat new to both this forum and EMT studies. I have about a month before I start my EMT-B class, and I am excited for it. But that slightly aside, I, being a future brand new emergency medical responder, have many questions about the position. To shorten this: I have...

Salutations, everyone. I was perusing the internet in regards to many things EMT/Paramedic related, and I came across this relatively helpful-looking forum. I'm 20 years old, and it only took me 3 years of being in a university to realize that I want to become an EMT-P. I'm in the process right...