I heard that phrase mentioned about people going from EMT to Paramedic with no experience as a Basic. I am in this category, unfortunately in my opinion. I've held my Basic license to it's renewal (3 years) without any sort of experience outside the required training clinicals. I blame myself mostly because I feel I didn't try hard enough to acquire experience. I have horrible (seriously) luck at getting jobs. I can't pass an interview (even for fast-food) and I've tried so many methods and resources trying to improve that but still can't. I really should have given more effort into volunteering at hospitals so I have no excuse for why I don't have any experience.
As far as that goes though I was wondering how much of a challenge ahead I face for becoming a Paramedic. I have been doing nothing but reading since I got my books a few days ago. My class starts Mid-February and goes for a full year. My end goal is to be a FireMedic, of which I have completed the Fire portion. I just honestly feel embarrassed that I've got nothing at all especially if I get an opportunity for a job before school is done and especially after. I don't find the lack of experience worrisome so much when it comes to actual performance mainly due to high remarks from preceptors who described working with me to be well within their comfort zone as if I was a part of the team. I'm in no way bragging. I am worried about how it's going to look when I do get Medic and I start hammering out applications for it.
Lastly of course I expect to hammered by workload when it comes to actually getting through the program and hopefully I could get some tips on how to survive. I love learning. I absolutely love it. In my downtime I would rehearse my Basic training and would quiz myself frequently as well as run mock scenarios for myself. As I stated I've been reading my medic book religiously to get an idea of things and help me knock out certain parts I find challenging before I even get there. I guess the most challenging part I find with this whole thing is that I've never really had anyone familiar with any of this to go to which is what's kind of kept me on the sidelines of how and where to volunteer with hospitals and what resources are best. I'm so eager to get into it all but I'm a little terrified because I always am going it alone it seems.
As far as that goes though I was wondering how much of a challenge ahead I face for becoming a Paramedic. I have been doing nothing but reading since I got my books a few days ago. My class starts Mid-February and goes for a full year. My end goal is to be a FireMedic, of which I have completed the Fire portion. I just honestly feel embarrassed that I've got nothing at all especially if I get an opportunity for a job before school is done and especially after. I don't find the lack of experience worrisome so much when it comes to actual performance mainly due to high remarks from preceptors who described working with me to be well within their comfort zone as if I was a part of the team. I'm in no way bragging. I am worried about how it's going to look when I do get Medic and I start hammering out applications for it.
Lastly of course I expect to hammered by workload when it comes to actually getting through the program and hopefully I could get some tips on how to survive. I love learning. I absolutely love it. In my downtime I would rehearse my Basic training and would quiz myself frequently as well as run mock scenarios for myself. As I stated I've been reading my medic book religiously to get an idea of things and help me knock out certain parts I find challenging before I even get there. I guess the most challenging part I find with this whole thing is that I've never really had anyone familiar with any of this to go to which is what's kind of kept me on the sidelines of how and where to volunteer with hospitals and what resources are best. I'm so eager to get into it all but I'm a little terrified because I always am going it alone it seems.