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I've got my second ride along today! I'm hoping to have a nice post when I get home from all the exciting calls I go on. More later....
DitoOriginally posted by MedicStudentJon@Feb 25 2005, 12:05 PM
Have fun
Jon
Bummer. Sorry to hear you didn't get the calls you wanted. Hopefully you will on your next ride.Originally posted by CodeSurfer@Feb 28 2005, 01:09 PM
Well guys, it wasnt all I hoped it would be. Our first call we got dispatched code 3, but it turned out that the nursing home just didnt know how to take a blood pressure. And for the rest of the day we just played GT. Bummer! I have another ride along on Monday with ALS hopefully we get something good.
Should have rode with Weld County!! I had 10 calls the first day and 7 the next. Everything from suicide attempts to Man vs train... All in one weekend. But that was awhile ago...Originally posted by Summit@Mar 1 2005, 08:40 AM
When I did my clinicals, I was signed up for 1 Level I ED, 1 Level IV ED, 2 clinic days, and 1 ambulance shift. We go ZERO calls on my ambulance day. That sucked.
Next day will be better for ya.
In my class ( EMT-B ) we are required to do 24 hours in an ER, and 50+ hours on an ambulance. It works out to approximately 7 clinicals depending on how you schedule them. We are only allowed to do one per week, so that way it doesn't weigh us down due to the amount of studying and homework we have to do.Originally posted by CodeSurfer@Mar 1 2005, 11:13 AM
How many ride alongs do you get with your EMT-B course? Mine only required us to do one, therefore we were only guaranteed one but I am making my own contacts and setting up more for myself to gain more experience while I am waiting for my National Registry papers.
We also only got 1 eight hour clinical in an ED... I feel like I need to see more before I can do this stuff for real.
WOW.... 800 hours?????Originally posted by Wingnut@Mar 1 2005, 11:36 PM
EMT-B we had to do 30hrs ER time and 72 hrs Ride time. Medic class we're going to have somewhere around 800 hrs total (both ER & Ride).
Oh my....what did I get myself into?Originally posted by Wingnut@Mar 2 2005, 09:22 AM
Oh yeah. They told us to bring pictures of our families because that's about as much as we'll be seeing them.
But it is over a 9 month program..EMT was only 3, so I don't think it'll be THAT bad. It works out to around 2 to 3 more full time classes a week.