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ems07, Hopefully you're already doing this, but I didn't see it in your post - have you talked to your instructor? Most of us are MORE than glad to help out a student having trouble with a certification exam or set you up with a study buddy/tutor that can help you review. Your instructor is...

Agree with the previous poster. Not much you can do now except pat yourself on the back for doing the best you can with what you had and learn the lessons: 1) Don't care what dispatch tells me, if I don't hear that a LE agency is the one clearing the scene, I don't enter the same block...

Good advice there from Epi. I retook my NR just a few weeks ago because I work in a state that doesn't require it and let it lapse (don't do that.... :wacko:). You should prepare like any other test: get plenty of rest, avoid alcohol for a few days before, review if you like but don't "cram,"...

Agree with the other posters, depends what is available in your area. In my area, there's lots of PRN work available in a variety of shifts. You also may explore options for volunteering with a rescue squad or vollie ambulance service. It probably won't be as busy as a paid gig, but a little...

Do as I say, don't do as I do.... Kyle, If you're looking for someone to tell you which "EMS Management" degree program is best, I'm the wrong guy to ask. If you're asking whether to finish college or get your medic first, here goes....As a paramedic who's been on the streets for 9 yrs and...

No 12 Lead, now what? Another tip for those of us that don't always have 12-Lead available: it IS possible to run Modified Chest Leads, which give similar views of the heart as the precordial leads. Therefore it is also possible to run RIGHT-sided precordial leads (if you're in a hurry, MCL4R...

I'm glad to hear that those programs have been just that - lucky. Look at the complication rate for any procedure in any hospital or setting - eventually, there will be a complication. Nothing is 100%. In terms of risk management (and I hate that RM sometimes makes decisions for us, but...

"What if?" I was taught this way, too. While I understand the value of practice on a "real" patient, from a risk management perspective, it's nearly impossible to justify. At least in a clinical setting, you can balance the risk of complications against the benefit to the patient. When...