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  1. CNAinFL

    Jobs in Orlando area??

    Good luck with your EMT-B test! Here is my perspective - your plan to bypass the traditional 2 year nursing waiting list is a good one. However, you might want to do LPN to Rn rather than Paramedic to RN - especially if you are staying in Central FLorida. From what I have seen, the job market...
  2. CNAinFL

    Central Floridian seeks advice

    All right, fair enough, let me rephrase that. Fire jobs are very very difficult to get around here and have been for some time, especially for brand new graduates with no fire experience. It is common for there to be at least a hundred applicants for each open position, from what I have been...
  3. CNAinFL

    Central Floridian seeks advice

    Check out Seminole and Valencia colleges as well; they may be cheaper than Central Florida Fire Academy. Fire jobs are IMPOSSIBLE to get around here, I know people who have been trying for several years. EMT jobs are not much easier to get in the Orlando area these days. The fire...
  4. CNAinFL

    Volunteer Opportunities in or around Orlando Florida!

    I'm a dude-ette. I like working in the medical field in general; I really enjoy emergency medicine, but I have a feeling that for right now I'd have a better shot at getting a job if I go into nursing. I am going to keep applying for ambulance jobs and checking back with the ambulance...
  5. CNAinFL

    Volunteer Opportunities in or around Orlando Florida!

    You mean me? Or the original poster? I am stuck here in Orlando in a lease until next June - not that I necessarily want to move, but if no jobs open up, I'll have to. In the meantime, I'm applying everywhere, I have no points on my record, I have my EVOC, I'm a CNA so I have previous...
  6. CNAinFL

    Volunteer Opportunities in or around Orlando Florida!

    The economy and job market are TERRIBLE in Central Florida. I'm a CNA working for a home health care agency. Their business is fairly slow right now, slower then they've ever seen it. I'm lucky I have several regular patients. One of the local hospital chains recently laid off a bunch of CNAs...
  7. CNAinFL

    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    It stopped at 70. I passed. For another girl in my class - it stopped at 135. SHE passed!
  8. CNAinFL

    EMT Classes starting soon equipment q's

    emt equipment A watch with a second hand, so you can take people's respirations and heart rate. My class didn't provide BP cuff, stethoscope or eye protection. They did provide a HEPA mask which was required for us to ride along with the fire department.
  9. CNAinFL

    NREMT-B test this week

    Actually I rescheduled it for Friday, but anyway, as I mentioned in the original ppost - I am rereading my textbook and also a book of practice questions. I've been rereading the textbook for weeks now; I'm not trying to cram everything into two days of study. I'm just looking for any extra...
  10. CNAinFL

    NREMT-B test this week

    Any other thoughts? Anyone else? Taking the test in two days...any suggestions would be appreciated!
  11. CNAinFL

    NREMT-B test this week

    My concern is all the weird scenario questions - where there's usually two obviously wrong answers and two answers that both look correct. Although on the bright side, we had those all semester long in my EMT course and I think for the most part I have them figured out. Usually.
  12. CNAinFL

    NREMT-B test this week

    I am in Florida, and am scheduled to take the NREMT-B test this Wednesday. I'm re-reading my textbook, and on my teacher's advice, I got a book of practice tests from Jones Bartlett, which I'm finding very helpful. Any particular advice on what I urgently need to know for the test? I'm going...
  13. CNAinFL

    Prisoner escapes from ambulance

    http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2010/may/03/michael-odonnell-prisoner-escaped-ear Wow. That's something I never thought to worry about.
  14. CNAinFL

    What does term "Tenderness" mean to you?

    Good point there.
  15. CNAinFL

    What does term "Tenderness" mean to you?

    What does tenderness mean to you? Flowers...candy...long walks on the beach...oh, sorry, wrong kind of tenderness! In MY opinion it means pain, although I got a question wrong on one of my tests because apparently in my instructor's opinion tenderness and pain are not the same thing. Hmmph.
  16. CNAinFL

    Florida EMT

    Central FL What is your driving record like? I know they look at that around here. Which ambulance services did you apply to? Also - have you taken and passed your EVOC course yet? Central FL Fire Academy offers one for $160 - that's your ambulance driving course. That is another thing that...
  17. CNAinFL

    EMT-B Jobs in Houston?

    http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=EMT&l=Houston+Texas Well, I can't speak for Houston, but I will tell you this - when I took my class here in Orlando, I found out where the local job opportunities are, and which companies are hiring. EMT-B pay here is low, of course, about $9 an hour, but it's a...
  18. CNAinFL

    Reliable study aids aside from EMT-B textbook

    As far as I know most of the EMT instructors if not all of them are EMT only. We have four EMT classes divided up between two campuses; some of our teachers teach two different EMT classes. Got an 88 on my test last night. With the extra credit.
  19. CNAinFL

    Reliable study aids aside from EMT-B textbook

    Even our teachers have different takes on things. We have about half a dozen teachers altogether and they are all professionals with many years in the field. And there are several things that they have given us different opinions on - cap refill - how to bandage a neck wound - etc. I'm just...
  20. CNAinFL

    Reliable study aids aside from EMT-B textbook

    All of it? Wait...let me check the A&P chapter again... I always go by what the teacher says for the class tests - I'm just thinking about the NREMT-B.
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