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I talked to the admin from CEBEMS and he told me it does. However, I have no been able to contact the NREMT or any official working there. The course is a 40 hour classroom/ hands on practical with trauma, medical training put on by the Army. It is my intention to use it as either CE's or...

Hi everyone, I recently applied for a local cities fire department as a part-time EMT on a ALS ambulance. After being a EMT-B doing mainly IFT transports with Critical Care Transports, I was eagerly wanting to jump into a 9-11 environment. Tuesday I did their skills portion. Which didn't even...

I got my job interest card in the mail. I live in CA and I was considering applying and testing with them. Could anybody who is working there give me some insight on the testing process? I read the website and more was looking for more info on the Physical agility test and written exam. It is my...

I recently started as an E.R. Tech at a local hospital. So far, I've manged to work a grave yard shift and it was very interesting to say the least. I definitely did and saw things that I didn't expect nor was I trained to do. Such as applying orthoglass splints, which I was told I would not do...

I'm starting a night shift 7 p.m. to 0700. This will be my first day on the job as an E.R. Tech at in a hospital. :) I read some tricks some nurses used, they suggested staying up late as possible and sleeping in late a few hours before my scheduled shift. Is that generally the most accepted...

To make a story short. My partner is a fairly new EMT with around 3 months experience, less actually because he is part time. He works with the mentality of "doing it to put it on a resume for fire". Yesterday, we had a known diabetic PT who was discharged from a E.R. room. He was admitted for a...

Well I finally got it.. MRSA that is, I always took all the standard precautions, including wearing isolation gowns, gloves and washing hands. Sadly the worst part about it is my girlfriend now has it too! My employer does not know. I know they could possibly put me on leave until I am...

Hi everyone, I'm currently an EMT in the greater San Diego area with around 8 month's experience as a EMT-B doing IFT, also a Medic In the National Guard. I've looked around for other opportunities such working for Rural Metro and Mercy Ambulance who work 9-11 contracts. I'm right at that...

To make a long story short. I was injured while offloading a heavy patient, I more of less strained my back muscles was put on workers comp. I finished treatment and was cleared back to duty. I'm finding myself not being scheduled as often as I was working before. Even though my supervisor...

Hi everyone, I currently work for a IFT company. I'm a relatively new EMT at this company. Very recently a co-worker whom I worked with during a shift told the supervisors and operations managers that I " almost dropped a patient" during a call at a hospital. The said incident is accused to...

Hello all, I graduated EMT school from Miramar College in S.D. last year. I finally was able to land a job! I'm starting orientation this Monday for a BLS company. I was wondering what advice ya'll could give to a newbie? I've been studying my notes from class, protocols, skills etc. Not...