Medic Students!!!

[Nerd13]

Its really :censored::censored::censored::censored:ing agitating when myself and two others go out of our way to make flash cards and study tools and try to share them by having a study group and the other people in class :censored::censored::censored::censored::censored: and moan and are straight disrespectful when we are trying to help them. Then we are the bad guys when we speak up about it.

The 3 of us are all doing extremely well we don't need to go out of our way to help those that are struggling, but we do. Yet they act like little kids... Best part is, I'm the youngest person in the class by a year or so....

/rant

Sorry I'm just a little pissed off.

It's a little late for me to say this but I hear that! I had the same problem in my medic class. When we finished we got together 2 or 3 times a week to study the practical stuff and about 3 or 4 of us took it seriously. The rest all showed up and half paid attention to what we were doing and then begged for our help when they started seriously studying the week before their practical date...

On a side note: I wish i would have found this thread a few months ago!

 

[Chief Complaint]

It's super nice. On lab days we run crews of 3. Hour long stations x 7 hours makes for a lot of hands on time.

Don't want to gloat but about a third give or take, of our lectures are taught by advanced level providers. (MDs, NPs and PAs all of whom hold a Paramedic cert with field experience). When it comes down to it I love my program and the teachers.

Now if more than 4/9 actually actually were interested in the medicine rather than doing it to get on with an FD, life would be perfect!

Fun drinking buddies, bums of classmates.

We've got a couple of awesome advanced level providers as teachers, there just arent enough of them to go around. They are spread very thin teaching the B's, I's, and P's too. Between all three levels there are probably more than 100 students. Most of our instructors are just experienced paramedics though.

This semester sucks. We learned most of our skills as Intermediates so there isnt much left at the Paramedic level besides some advanced pathophysiology and more clinicals/internships.

It really feels like they are just stretching the curriculum out so they can justify giving us a degree at the end instead of a certificate.

 

[Handsome Robb]

Trauma module! Cadaver lab the day after halloween, seems appropriate haha. We get to practice surgical crics and chest tubes + gross anatomy. Then a spin off of ADLS, then ITLS and ITLS Access and ISP (self defense tactics, police dog playtime and the taser *yikes*!) Woohoo. Only this module then geriatrics/peds then on to clincals then internship!

Not looking forward to PALS and NRP in the same week during the peds/geriatrics module. *reassess every 30 seconds*

 

[fast65]

Trauma module! Cadaver lab the day after halloween, seems appropriate haha. We get to practice surgical crics and chest tubes + gross anatomy. Then a spin off of ADLS, then ITLS and ITLS Access and ISP (self defense tactics, police dog playtime and the taser *yikes*!) Woohoo. Only this module then geriatrics/peds then on to clincals then internship!

Not looking forward to PALS and NRP in the same week during the peds/geriatrics module. *reassess every 30 seconds*

Maaannn, fun

 

[Trauma_Junkie]

We have one more day of ITLS. Trauma module test coming up in a couple weeks. It's going to be brutal, and I only say that because we were scheduled to have the trauma test broken up into trauma I and II and it got merged into one big exam. Gotta love it!

 

[Nervegas]

So very very glad I am finished with Medic school lol, I actually enjoy CE's whereas for whatever reason, medic school was like being forcefed with a firehose, I count myself among the lucky who went right out of college into the class and was able to keep up an maintain a 91 average. Could not pay me to do it all a second time however.

 

[Trauma_Junkie]

medic school was like being forcefed with a firehose

Well said my friend. Well said.

 

[MissK]

I'm almost finished with my first semester of medic school. We've covered intro to EMS, pt assessment, and pharmacology. These drug cards are getting painful <_<

 

[Sodapop]

I finished didactic in sept and started clinicals the end of Oct. Only four ER shifts and one L&D then done and ready for internship. Had seven et tubes, one cardioversion, two codes, ton of IV's, fifteen med pushes, and a lot of fun. Looking forward to internship starting hopefully in January

 

[firemedic0227]

I just finished up Medic Class last Thursday. I am set to take my NR Skills exam on the 29th I can't wait! I just put in my voucher for taking NR Computer test so hopefully soon after the 29th I will be taking my test. I got all of my Patient Contacts done also. The one thing I did want to get and had to wait until my last Ride a long time to get was a "Shooting" call. The guy was shot in the lower back just above he "buttox" and came out just above his hip. He was so stable and with a short transport time we didn't even start an IV line. I never got to run a "code" in the back of the ambulance (which is a good thing) but got to help run a couple in the ER.

 

[Imacho]

I finished didactic in sept and started clinicals the end of Oct. Only four ER shifts and one L&D then done and ready for internship. Had seven et tubes, one cardioversion, two codes, ton of IV's, fifteen med pushes, and a lot of fun. Looking forward to internship starting hopefully in January

What school? That doesn't sound like enough time in clinical setting?

 

[Handsome Robb]

Trauma module exam at 0900 Tuesday morning. Looks like tomorrow is going to be a fun filled day with my text book. All we have left is geris/peds/special needs and a few random labs like MCI and WMD then our final then out of the classroom and into clinicals and internship! 58 calendar days until our final. Almost there.

 

[Sodapop]

What school? That doesn't sound like enough time in clinical setting?

I went through NCTI. What I meant was what I had left was four shifts. We did 160 hours total clinicals then internship. Hospital I am at is a busy place so more than enough patients for good hands on. The only thing I have had a shortage of has been pediatric patients. Glad less sick kids in the ER but need the contacts too. Already have my IV's, meds, resp patients, et tubes, just need a fsw assesments, two deliveries, and seven pedi assesments to finish up skills.

 

[Handsome Robb]

1 more module left thank god. Still rockin' the 4.0 though yea buddy h34r:

 

[Imacho]

I went through NCTI. What I meant was what I had left was four shifts. We did 160 hours total clinicals then internship. Hospital I am at is a busy place so more than enough patients for good hands on. The only thing I have had a shortage of has been pediatric patients. Glad less sick kids in the ER but need the contacts too. Already have my IV's, meds, resp patients, et tubes, just need a fsw assesments, two deliveries, and seven pedi assesments to finish up skills.

In riverside? And now I understand shifts remaining. G'luck with 'em.

 

[Handsome Robb]

I went through NCTI. What I meant was what I had left was four shifts. We did 160 hours total clinicals then internship. Hospital I am at is a busy place so more than enough patients for good hands on. The only thing I have had a shortage of has been pediatric patients. Glad less sick kids in the ER but need the contacts too. Already have my IV's, meds, resp patients, et tubes, just need a fsw assesments, two deliveries, and seven pedi assesments to finish up skills.

160 clinical hours seems short too...how long is your internship?

 

[fast65]

160 clinical hours seems short too...how long is your internship?

Agreed, that does seem like a pretty minimal amount of clinical hours

 

[Sodapop]

160 clinical hours seems short too...how long is your internship?

Internship is an additional 480-720 hours depending on the students skills and experience. Also not Riverside I was in Roseville (Sacramento).

 

[Trauma_Junkie]

We just did our trauma module exam today. It's the last exam before our final in March. So begins our 3 months of National Registry prep...:wacko:

 

[Handsome Robb]

Internship is an additional 480-720 hours depending on the students skills and experience. Also not Riverside I was in Roseville (Sacramento).

We do double your clinical hours and the same amount of intern hours. How many hours of didactic did you have?

We just did our trauma module exam today. It's the last exam before our final in March. So begins our 3 months of National Registry prep...:wacko:

I can see the light at the end of the tunnel!!! :beerchug: