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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
United States12546 Posts
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GrayArea
United States872 Posts
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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
United States1145 Posts
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Snet
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KawaiiRice
United States2914 Posts
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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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GreyCone
United States42 Posts
When I was really young, I got a surgery done and was sitting in my bed playing the original Nintendo. I believe I was playing Duck Hunt. Anyways, I felt a wet sensation underneath me and when I looked down, I was sitting in a puddle of my own blood. My IV tube had split, so instead of fluid going into my body, my blood was spurting out. Apparently I passed out, and I remember getting really nauseous. Ever since then, giving blood isn't impossible, but I get anxious about it and people always seem to ask, "Are you doing alright?" I went and saw an open heart surgery back in high school and got nauseous, but I managed to stomach it for the most part. I wonder if you have any experience with people pushing past this. I am not scared of blood or anything else, but I am scared of my own reaction to it I guess. It is certainly a road that I am destined to cross in my future, unless of course I puss out and quit before I get there. Not my intention, of course. Any thoughts? Congratulations. | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
It might also be something you have to get used to. No one is going to fault you if you're squeamish the first few times around alot of blood or a dead body. Some emergency rooms have volunteer positions. Of course you won't be doing patient care but you would be exposed to situations that will help you figure out your problem. | ||
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lac29
United States1485 Posts
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Eben
United States769 Posts
What can you do with your EMT-B certification? I know where I am in IL pretty much all of the emergency ambulances are run through the fire department and therefore you need your EMT cert as well as being a fire fighter. Aside from that it seems that the only job for EMT-B around here is working in one of the very few local ambulance non emergency service companies ferrying the elderly from nursing homes to the hospital ect. Just curious! I am really looking into getting an EMT-B certification and maybe the EMT-I or P eventually. Great post btw, loved all the info | ||
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
My advice, if you are considering EMT or Paramedic as a career than plan to work in a firehouse. If you don't, then you're closing yourself off to probably the biggest portion of employment opportunities available. To answer your question more clearly. With EMT-B you can find jobs working on Basic Life Support ambulances or privately owned ambulance companies like the ones you described. Although the pay for EMT-B's is pretty terrible for the job they do. If you're considering this as a career I would aim for Paramedic and keep working at it until you succeed. | ||
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lowbright
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GreyCone
United States42 Posts
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Snet
United States3573 Posts
On May 23 2010 08:03 lowbright wrote: did you drop out of school to do this or is this something you do on the side as you study? I finished the current classes I am taking, but I am not continuing on with my degree. By the time I have Paramedic it's the equivalent of an AA degree (2 years of school). I will be able to build upon that for a BA in EMS during my career. What's the best way to look for volunteer positions? I think that is a good idea and would help me get in the "rescue" mindset. My only issue is that I need to work and train for pararescue... but it would be good experience, regardless. I think the easiest way is just to go to your local hospitals and emergency rooms and ask if they have volunteer positions or know about any programs available. | ||
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lowbright
308 Posts
my friend did emt work on weekends and then worked in a lab (with a few publications O.O) and was a chem major of course, his grades suffered, but it seems possible to do emt work while being a full time student no? or at least part time? or was it just because you felt that getting a degree would be a useless endeavour and that it wasn't worth pursuing? I kinda want to spend some time as an emt after i graduate, maybe a year or so before i go to medical school | ||
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