Recent content by denverfiremedic

First off what the heck would I know... my dads been a Dr. for 25 years , my mom a ed RN for 20..... A of all medical school isnt even 4 years for all Doctors! "Podiatrist" 3 years! genearaly 4-6 years if having an advanced specialized field.. residency is 3-7 years budd! my dads was 7 at...

FLEMT: couldent have said it better myself.... it so funny people think its time to master there BLS skills after P school hahaha.. A million people on here think an EMT - B shouldent be IV certified lol .. a monkey can start an IV first off and you think a good time to start learning how to...

Crazy thoughts ! I know emt's that will make paramedics look like idiots.. Dont know where you guys work but in my state emt's do most of the work with a paramedic supervising ... But i do know we expect a lot more from our employees than most places

Well I can tell you a big thing is being quiet... dont talk unless spoken to. sounds weird but when they want to hear your opinion they will give it to you. after a while if they think you are doing well and you try hard and mean well they will open up to you! In the fire service everyone thinks...

Yes you can you have to have current BLS cert, I work for Denver Health and they offer it so you could look into that.. As far as what other people are saying it will help you to have all of that with out a doubt! its stuff that you already know and are certified to do that they dont have to...

I dont care , I actually think 90% of those plates are pretty dumb so whats one more to the list

i have fire fighter plates... Im a fire fighter ! If they make an emt plate then every person around is going to have one, so taking a six month class or less you should have a license plate? No!

SERIOUSLY!!!! WHAT DO YOU NEED EMS PLATES FOR??? NO ONE CARES IF YOUR AN EMT!! YOU HAVE NO REASON TO HAVE A SPECIAL LICENSE PLATE:excl:

IV is a must! PALS AND ACLS you have to take after hire but wont hurt to have them before and ECG interpretation you will need to have and thats pretty much all you need to get a good start

I ment CPR with AED use , one person rescue

as my memory serves me ! One random medical, one random trama, airway with BVM , back boarding c-spine spider straps, cpr aid and one random staion that could be anything in your scope

Well I've got more stories than Mother Goose haha!! But probie is short for probationary which means you are not a full member of the orginization yet. usually 1 year until that time is up and you can be let go at anytime for any reason durring that time.. after proby time is up you are a full...

I've been told we may be tested but it never happens! testing for roids coast a lot of money and you might have some trouble if you single people out so to test everyone would coast thousands. I dont see why a privet company would bother they usually have more seriouse drug users ETOH and such...

personal opinion: there all the same if you use a litmen cardiology II or III in the field or anything close to that your trying to show off, my father in law is a cardio vascular surgeon and that is what he uses.. I'll admit a few years back I went out and bought an expensive stethoscope , and...

thats weird, here a basic can do IV, ECG with interpretation, certain Intubations and use a few intervenes drugs with the proper state certified training. I see why people are kinda harsh on basics in other states.