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welll that seems like... a lot. and i agree that for patient care, this would be best but EMT B school is a really great starting point for the entire medical field. I know in my class, we started with 30 and right now were at 19 because it just wasnt the right thing for some of those guys, or...

Right, because I forgot about how the fire department is notorious for letting their patients die and then laughing about it. my problem with this forum(which I haven't found in the actual EMS community) is that so many of you look down on firefighters for no reason. they make more money and...

hey im not the one who made medic cert a stepping stone, blame that on the fire departments. I honestly think firefighters should be hired without any cert and then have the department send them to school, or integrate medic training into their academy. But I've wanted to be a firefighter ever...

lol im not "worried" about anything. i think EMS is going to be great, its just that a lot of people on this site make it seem like if you arent trying to be superman and save every sick and injured person out there and taking 4 years of college classes including ever A&P class available, your...

but these days unless I only apply to big cities, i HAVE to get medic cert to even reach a fire departments requirements. Most big cities still let you be just EMT certified but a lot of smaller cities, and especially rural areas require their firefighters to be medic certified. If i get...

well im 18 and just starting EMT-B and i cant get on with a fire department until im 21 soo...ya know. i never understood this idea that someone cant be good at their job because they heart isnt 100% in it. Being an EMT isnt my ultimate career goal but its a step and its an experience i want...

yeah i mean my ultimate goal is still to become a firefighter but i do believe ill spend a few years in EMS and id like it not to be a miserable experience. it seems like cops and firefighters are all generally the same kind of a person. a lot of EMT's i know got into it thinking itd be more of...

lol oh well that doesnt sound too bad. its like being a cop except you can actually walk away feeling like you helped someone and being a cop would be awesome, my dad is a LEO and iv gone on a few ridealong with him and some other guys in his department, they deal with the same stuff but at the...

i understand how its possible to get burnt out with any job but what are the real negatives to EMS? i know the pay sucks and im sure it can be stressful but other than that whats so bad about it?

ha well this forum can be a bit touchy, especially when it comes to ff hopefuls. Im just in emt-b school right now so i cant speak from experience but from what iv heard, medic school makes basic look like a walk in the park and if you arent dedicated to the idea of being a paramedic itll be...

thats a pretty big commitment. i just think itd be a better idea to take EMT-B first and then take a medic class if you want to later. taking a medic class right out of high school seems like a pretty big leap of faith to me but idk i could be wrong.

what makes these online classes more legitimate than any others?

http://www.corexcel.com/anatomy.physiology.online.htm ok then i definitely wont use universalclass but this site seems too be pretty legitimate. I think with videos, quizzes and "games" the online class could actually be very good. I really like the idea of an online, self paced a&p class so im...

hmmm well my mom is an rn and i asked her about her a&p class and she said there were no labs. this online class seems like a good idea. i have a lot of time to do it and its starting to sound like taking an a&p class is vital to becoming a good emt.

ok so first ill let you know a little about myself. I just graduated high school and i start EMT-B june 1'st. I'v been lurking around these forums for a while and it seems like everyone agrees that if you want to be a good EMT(not just an emt, but actually a good one) it is extremely important...