Dear Everybody,
I start EMT Basic training on September 9th and I'm already worried. I have no worries about school or training. In fact, I'm extremely excited for the chance to do my best in school.
The thing that keeps making me second guess my decision to become a EMT is the shifts. It's extremely important that I get my sleep. I want to be fully acute and alert so I can do my best at the job.
It's important for everybody to get sleep, especially EMT's.
Can anybody respond with some reassurance? I had a ER doc for a Dad. He had a lot of sleep problems when he worked extremely long shifts. It was a rare site to see him awake after a shift. Up all night and sleep by day......is this what I should be looking forward to?
Please respond with past experience. Hopeful words would be nice.
-Chall09
I start EMT Basic training on September 9th and I'm already worried. I have no worries about school or training. In fact, I'm extremely excited for the chance to do my best in school.
The thing that keeps making me second guess my decision to become a EMT is the shifts. It's extremely important that I get my sleep. I want to be fully acute and alert so I can do my best at the job.
It's important for everybody to get sleep, especially EMT's.
Can anybody respond with some reassurance? I had a ER doc for a Dad. He had a lot of sleep problems when he worked extremely long shifts. It was a rare site to see him awake after a shift. Up all night and sleep by day......is this what I should be looking forward to?
Please respond with past experience. Hopeful words would be nice.
-Chall09