Recent content by EMT Dan

Yeah, it sounds like a strange situation... I'm an AHA instructor for BLS and Heartsaver level CPR/AED/First Aid, and I can see maybe if the PA was looking for *assistance* teaching the class like with watching students perform skills, that it wouldn't be a big deal (even though technically not...

Yeah...when I first signed up a while back, I figured it would be simple enough, and with no "EMT Dan" already taken, I thought I was in the clear! Sure enough...

Like someone else mentioned, it could get political. One thing I learned the hard way is, if you're new and you try to do something actionable, some of the older guys tend to take it the wrong way. So if you want to do something like write SOPs - not a bad idea at all - find a way to do it...

I've done the JEMS CE from CentreLearn before. The $49 for a year seems reasonable enough to me if you take full advantage of it. Plus I figure JEMS is a well-known name, so it's not some random hodgepodge online CE (that's my thought anyway...)

I searched the forums to see if this already came up, and I didn't see anything, so I apologize in advance if it's already been covered (or if there's a better place to put this!) I was a volunteer EMT in CT, and moved out to the northern end of the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area. Where I...

I'm not going to say anything too new here...but I'm going to say it anyway. I had no medical related study before the EMT class; I was in a class of about 46 students, close to half of which were college pre-med or some type of biology or other life science-related major, and I ended up 2nd...

$650, plus I think a little less than $100 for the text.

Slightly different circumstances, but I think the idea is still somewhat applicable to you: I graduated college several years ago, and many of us are at the point of applying to or entering grad school. A buddy of mine almost had a triple major in his undergrad at college (English...

I'm surprised there aren't more people outraged at all the junior high kids operating and running our nuclear-powered submarines. Or, maybe (just maybe, but I hate to commit), there is a way to manage fun, stress-relieving, occasionally juvenile pranks AND still professionally run a...

I thought my EMT-B instructor was pretty good. He was still a practicing medic, and he was one of the supervisors and quality control guys in the hospital and ambulance system where he worked at (of a pretty decent size). He was always friendly, engaging, and personable. I thought he did a...

Thanks for the topic...I haven't experienced anything that bad personally yet (we don't typically get a LOT of trauma, and the few deceased on-scene patients had family members that reacted calmly at first and didn't really raise the stress level), but I've wondered myself what level certain...

I don't know if that's necessarily the best way to look at it. When I first went through the EMT course, I had no intentions of joining a FD or ambulance company or volunteering. I just thought it would be interesting to learn, and some good information to know to potentially help my family or...

One option is to continue pursuing the computer-related education that you think you'd enjoy first and foremost, since that (I reckon) is more likely to provide adequate, decent-paying employment. Then, find yourself an EMT-B class to take in the evenings while going to school/working...

It's funny to me that every forum or news article or YouTube comment section has someone that eagerly tells everyone else they must not have a life. Yet, that same guy fails to notice that, while they're at least having a conversation they're interested in, HE has taken the time to find...

I think that's a pretty good idea, also. One thing I think would be helpful (that might already be part of a "Training" sub-forum) is information about CEs or conferences. One of the things that takes my time I've noticed is being pro-active in trying to find cheap/free CEs, especially...