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Snet
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Torenhire
United States11681 Posts
On May 21 2010 13:29 Snet wrote: Station 2: Trauma You have to assess and treat a trauma patient. Spine immobilization and subsequent injuries & treatments involved are key to passing this station. It sounds easy, but the procedures and methods involved take months and months of practice to do properly.You also will be asked to perform 1 out of 27 random skills.. If you fail, it's game over and you have to retest. The skills range from, tib fib fractures, impaled object, evisceration, femur fracture, sucking chest wound, bent elbow, etc(list goes on and on). Ow....more ow...Oh god.. oh jesus...sucking chest wound... Man, as I read that list I felt every one of those. Pictured them in my head. I was thinking about doing EMT work, as big injuries and whatnot never really bugged me... Then I watched my best friend lose an eye to a bungee cord and the ex-army medic stop the bleeding from his eyesocket...and I gave up on that one. I am SO squeamish when it comes to eyes. Only eyes. I can watch / see / be around like...limb severance car accidents and whatnot, but nothing to do with eyes. Even thinking about that day makes me sick. So you are more of a man than I.  Although it's pretty cool to have some insight on how people become full-time EMTsGrats on passing your test, and accomplishing your dreams, too! I spend alot of time at Chevy Chase so if you ever have a call out in that direction, make sure you ask for Torenhire. >> I know I'll be in good hands! | ||
motbob
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GrayArea
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
Chevy chase is wayyyy out of my area, but I got your back just incase.  | ||
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TOloseGT
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Snet
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KawaiiRice
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
On May 21 2010 13:59 KawaiiRice wrote: Do 150 people conveniently get critically injured on test day or what's up with the trauma thing? Actors are chosen. Randomly. They are told depending on their station, what to act for their station. | ||
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
On May 21 2010 14:06 Snet wrote: Actors are chosen. Randomly. They are told depending on their station, what to act for their station. Ah. Good work, old sport. (Reading Great Gatsby @ English;;;  :3 | ||
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deathgod6
United States5064 Posts
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FiBsTeR
United States415 Posts
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uglymoose89
United States671 Posts
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boesthius
United States11637 Posts
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duckett
United States589 Posts
I'll be working at that in nj come fall, hopefully i'll make it through! | ||
intrigue
Washington, D.C9935 Posts
i realized i wasn't noble enough to continue doing it though, it got really stressful | ||
Smix
United States4549 Posts
Great to hear~I actually wanted to try emt but never had the chance... | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
On May 21 2010 15:54 intrigue wrote: cool, i was an emt-b also. you probably took the class at the same place i did, that big facility across from burger king in gaithersburg... i think? i was at BCCRS =P i realized i wasn't noble enough to continue doing it though, it got really stressful I've met people from your squad. From what I've heard you guy are the top dogs in Maryland when it comes to volunteer companies. | ||
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ItsYoungLee
Korea (South)227 Posts
Do you plan to become a paramedic and continue on? | ||
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Divinek
Canada4045 Posts
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