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it is what it is.....everyone is right in forums and nobody cares what is right.

im starting to like the state where i work......good god if i have to have my family doctor cut my arm off.....oh man. he would probably just be like here is a Z - pack, 1 a day for 5 days and see me in a week.

when physicians work ems they work as medical direction or as a paramedic. even when they need some one to do an amputation, a physician can't do it, they have to call a surgeon. great respect to doctors who wrok the street though.

yeah id say you got screwed especialy if it was a 2 week speed course. just dont forget some employeers test you before hiring you. so better know your stuff someones life will depend on it one day.

your not even an emt......or a first responder lol....a lot has changed in the last 15 years buddy!!! your better off taking the 2 years and starting over. i did the same thing you did only to the emt level and decided just to start over to be a paramedic....its all worked out but i was glad i...

ok on our vol fd we back up the county ems on every bls and als call. they have three stations throughout the county with 2-3 rigs at each station. so we usualy get there within 5 minutes of each other. we have paramedics like myself on the vol FD along with emt's, and first responders. do i act...

where is the location and the name and address of this place?

WOW even though he is a medic he is working under BLS protocals. And if it is a BLS rig you do not carry advance medications and supplies. I cant beleive someone hasnt at your company hasnt said something,

Wow I have never heard of such weird testing. Wasn't there state proctors? i hear illinois is suppose to be a harder test I guess Id have to be there to comment.

AWESOME sight man...thanks! Thanks for all the resources everyone!!! Rediculous how you just can't do a google and have stuff come up. Instead you get nothing but crap! I look foward to visiting the others.

Anyone know any good EMS sites? I'm lookin for sites that may have good info to learn from or interesting articles. I'll post the few I vist. http://happymedic.com/ http://training.fema.gov/IS/ http://chroniclesofems.ning.com/ http://id44.com/...

EMT's that are poorly trained is their own fault for not researching the school and putting more effort into leaning the skills. Just because there are poorly trained idiot out there doesn't mean that all EMT's are poorly trained and deserve to be paid crap! If you think someone working at...

Some would say the same about EMT-I's. Before I got on the fire department I use to work for a private company and they paid there EMT-I's the same as their EMT-B's because on an ALS unit they basically do the same thing. It's not fair to knock B's like that either. Anybody who saves lives for a...

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Just answer his question....no need to be nasty about it. When I was first looking for a job I would call and ask how much they pay and I would get an answer like "it depends on your experience" then id say, "no experience." Then they would say, "well it depends on your education". Then I'd say...

LOL I Suppose. I've precepted some of those students and I do not even let them take vitals. They few I do let I always double check them. It scares me thinking these people might be out on there own some day.

Good job man. Don't expect the paramedic part to be so easy. Its kind of overkill on the amount they teach you. Half of it you will never need to know but I guess it does give you a better idea of why certain things happen and how they work.

The real problem why we get upset going to some BLS calls is because those people are often well enough to get themselve to the hospital but because they can get a free ride and they think that they will be seen faster in the hospital and will not have to wait. So now you have resources that are...

hahaha an accelerated EMT course. Good luck! It's nearly impossible to learn everything in an accelerated course. Plus there are a ton of schools that offer them and do a horrible job in teaching. Hope you did your research on them.

Very true. I took a two week accelerated class and it freakin was horrible!!!! 14 days straight, 14 hours a day. blah!!!! Plus the clinicals! I made it 12 days and got sick and ended up in the hospital where my other class mates were doing clinicals lol!!! I was pis**d. I missed the test and...