New from MI too!

[namaste1967]

Another newbie from MI here! I work for a brand new private ambulance company that just opened in southeast MI. These guys are great..........the put me through their EMT BOOTCAMP and PAID me while I was in their class! I just took the nremt-b/state exam on fri 9-16 and can't wait to hit the road! Any advice for this rookie?

 

[Wingnut]

WELCOME!

Congrats!! That's a great deal...

My only advice is to sit back and relax while waiting for your reults. And of course stick around here. This gang will get you through anything!!

 

[DT4EMS]

Welcome!!

Congrats on the new job! THat is awesome they put you through school!!

 

[TTLWHKR]

Originally posted by Wingnut@Sep 19 2005, 04:50 PM
WELCOME!

Me too!

 

[MedicPrincess]

Originally posted by TTLWHKR+Sep 19 2005, 09:42 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TTLWHKR @ Sep 19 2005, 09:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Wingnut@Sep 19 2005, 04:50 PM
WELCOME!

Me too! [/b][/quote]
ME THREE...

OH AND I AM GLAD YOUR HERE.

 

[ffemt8978]

Originally posted by namaste1967@Sep 19 2005, 02:13 PM
Another newbie from MI here! I work for a brand new private ambulance company that just opened in southeast MI. These guys are great..........the put me through their EMT BOOTCAMP and PAID me while I was in their class! I just took the nremt-b/state exam on fri 9-16 and can't wait to hit the road! Any advice for this rookie?

Welcome to our own little corner of dysfunction.

As far as advice goes....don't feed Jon.

 

[Jon]

Originally posted by EMTPrincess+Sep 20 2005, 12:28 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (EMTPrincess @ Sep 20 2005, 12:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by TTLWHKR@Sep 19 2005, 09:42 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Wingnut

@Sep 19 2005, 04:50 PM
    WELCOME!    

Me too!

ME THREE...

OH AND I AM GLAD YOUR HERE. [/b][/quote]
Me Four, ME FOUR... ,Jumping up and down and waving>


Jon

 

[TTLWHKR]

Originally posted by MedicStudentJon+Sep 20 2005, 07:06 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (MedicStudentJon @ Sep 20 2005, 07:06 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by EMTPrincess@Sep 20 2005, 12:28 AM

Originally posted by TTLWHKR@Sep 19 2005, 09:42 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Wingnut

@Sep 19 2005, 04:50 PM
    WELCOME!    

Me too!

ME THREE...

OH AND I AM GLAD YOUR HERE.

Me Four, ME FOUR... ,Jumping up and down and waving>


Jon [/b][/quote]
Who gave Jon the bag of sugar?

 

[namaste1967]

Originally posted by TTLWHKR+Sep 20 2005, 09:40 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TTLWHKR @ Sep 20 2005, 09:40 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by MedicStudentJon@Sep 20 2005, 07:06 AM

Originally posted by EMTPrincess@Sep 20 2005, 12:28 AM

Originally posted by TTLWHKR@Sep 19 2005, 09:42 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-Wingnut

@Sep 19 2005, 04:50 PM
    WELCOME!    

Me too!

ME THREE...

OH AND I AM GLAD YOUR HERE.

Me Four, ME FOUR... ,Jumping up and down and waving>


Jon

Who gave Jon the bag of sugar? [/b][/quote]
Not me.............they told me not to feed him!

 

[MMiz]

Welcome!

I'm from SE Michigan and work in Metro Detroit. I can't think of any new private EMS company though. Maybe you can PM me the name?

Welcome to the board

 

[TTLWHKR]

Originally posted by namaste1967@Sep 19 2005, 04:13 PM
EMT BOOTCAMP

:blink:

 

[namaste1967]

Originally posted by TTLWHKR+Sep 21 2005, 10:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TTLWHKR @ Sep 21 2005, 10:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-namaste1967@Sep 19 2005, 04:13 PM
EMT BOOTCAMP

:blink: [/b][/quote]
We did our class in 3 weeks: 14hrs a day, 5 days a week with clinicals on the weekends. Not much of a life for those 3 weeks!!

 

[TTLWHKR]

Originally posted by namaste1967+Sep 21 2005, 01:41 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (namaste1967 @ Sep 21 2005, 01:41 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by TTLWHKR@Sep 21 2005, 10:36 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-namaste1967

@Sep 19 2005, 04:13 PM
EMT BOOTCAMP

:blink:

We did our class in 3 weeks: 14hrs a day, 5 days a week with clinicals on the weekends. Not much of a life for those 3 weeks!! [/b][/quote]
:huh:

 

[namaste1967]

Originally posted by TTLWHKR+Sep 21 2005, 02:58 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (TTLWHKR @ Sep 21 2005, 02:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'>

Originally posted by namaste1967@Sep 21 2005, 01:41 PM

Originally posted by TTLWHKR@Sep 21 2005, 10:36 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-namaste1967

@Sep 19 2005, 04:13 PM
EMT BOOTCAMP

:blink:

We did our class in 3 weeks: 14hrs a day, 5 days a week with clinicals on the weekends. Not much of a life for those 3 weeks!!

:huh: [/b][/quote]
Pretty ruff, eh? They tell us that we made history...........who knows?

 

[Jon]

It has been done in a few places, I think.... I really don't like the idea.... kinda like cramming for an exam...

Jon

 

[ffemt8978]

Yeah, I was wondering how much knowledge retention they have in six months.

 

[namaste1967]

WOW...........so much for support!

 

[Jon]

Originally posted by namaste1967@Sep 21 2005, 09:14 PM
WOW...........so much for support!

I didn't say anything about your skill level, only that I'm not a fan of the idea....

I had no intention to offend.

And we already had the "rapid emt course" discussion a few months back.

Jon

 

[TTLWHKR]

How do you learn the whole book in two weeks?

My NREMT-B course was Dec. 92-June 93 (Law said I only had to be 16 when the course was finished, made it by 6 days)

Wilderness EMT Course was 68 Hours; 8 in class room, 60 in the field
EMT-P course was Sep. 1995-Nov. 1997

Even my EMT Instructor Course was three months.

 

[ffemt8978]

Originally posted by namaste1967@Sep 21 2005, 06:14 PM
WOW...........so much for support!

I didn't mean to offend you, but I was wondering how much knowledge retention is kept after taking a class like that. I would like to see a comparision study between a traditional class and the bootcamp class. Compare NREMT exam results at the end of class and again in six months, to see what the trends are.

With the brevity of the class combined with the amount of material covered, it would seem to me that the entire class would be similar to one big cram session. Also, if your patient contacts were done on a weekend, how many could you really get in a three week period?

I'm not saying it isn't a good program, because I don't know anything about it other than what you've told us. It may be the best thing in EMS since the invention of 4x4's, but it is going to take an awful lot of evidence to convince me of that. It just seems too much like a diploma mill to me, but that is just my opinion.