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    Unions for EMS

    Unions to me means the company's management has failed. Unions tend to artificially increase wages. Unions tend to have fees therefore they are in it for the money. I already hate paying taxes, and now I don't want more money taken out of my paycheck. I myself am pro-business, and I believe that...
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    Unions for EMS

    Well I live in Chicago, I worked a pretty good ambulance company they provide us with our 50 cent increase every year. We get gift cards and bonuses for certain holiday seasons. And now we are being targeted by National Emergency Medical Service Association. I am against unions by the way, I...
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    Illinois State receritification question

    I was wondering if there's like a class you can take that can give you all of the 120 hours of CE you need in order to re-certify your state license in Illinois.
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    Question about online Continuing Education in Illinois.

    you're in chicago under lisa wax?
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    Question about online Continuing Education in Illinois.

    www.EmCert.com www.EmInet.com www.ems-ce.com www.MedicEd.com
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    Question about online Continuing Education in Illinois.

    you can have 20 hours of online con-ed yearly according to Rose.
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    Question about online Continuing Education in Illinois.

    i sent an email to lisa wax the ems coordinator. I will get back to you. B)
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    Question about online Continuing Education in Illinois.

    Yes, I have a question on what websites I can use for online Con-ed, if there is any in the Chicago north EMS aka IMMC. I got like 2 and half years til my license expires for Con-ed but I need around 112 more lol. I was lazy and I was behind, and I just want to finish all of it now. So any...
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    Being an EMT is scary!

    I am scared that somewhere along the lines I will make a mistake and that will be it for me. Like the days I haven't wear gloves with some patients, and one time when I was washing my hands on a call and I had a scratched on my arms and I didn't know how I got it, whether not the clipboard for...
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    Being an EMT is scary!

    My fear is only on the incurable diseases that are out there.
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    Being an EMT is scary!

    all my friends who I graduated from EMT class are all paranoid about the same issue I am paranoid about right now.
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    Being an EMT is scary!

    i am talking about exposed as in HIV+ pt. spilled all over your or stabbed you stuff and stuff....
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    Being an EMT is scary!

    hmm....have anyone of you ever got exposed?
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    Being an EMT is scary!

    gah... i don't know some days I think... life is precious and someday I don't give a rat's *** I think ... I should value life more and just enjoy the days that I am in EMS and just take BSI precautions.
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    Being an EMT is scary!

    I have start my job as an EMT for week now. The job is pretty scary I had a MRSA pt. and a HIV+ patient. After the call I believe I have caught everything. I am so paranoid. For the MRSA pt. we have to t/p her back to his nursing home. When you enter the room we have to have a full body BSI...
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    After NREMT, Now do I have to wait for my state license?

    I already got hired at a private. I think my institution already helped me apply for a license or I will just ask my employer at the day of orientation.
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    After NREMT, Now do I have to wait for my state license?

    For the NREMT I only got the certificate and the patch in like a week. I am not sure if I am going to get my results back and I don't know if my school help me do the apps and stuff for my state license.
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    After NREMT, Now do I have to wait for my state license?

    I took my EMT class at Malcolm X College in Chicago.
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    After NREMT, Now do I have to wait for my state license?

    How do I find out if my educational institution is going to help me or not? Is there any way I can find or should I just sit and wait....?
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    After NREMT, Now do I have to wait for my state license?

    So I have received my certificate for NREMT. But in order for me to start working as an EMT. Do I need a state license or something. I live in Illinois, so I am not sure about how the EMS license thing works here. So does anyone have any ideas....?:glare:
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