Recent content by Hannah.911

Getting ready to start at CMTI...a 54 week program south of Boston. :) I'm very, very, very (see: very) excited. :excl:

i'm about to get all warm and fuzzy with y'all. i joined the forum about 3 years ago while i was in emt school. i remember strugging with combitube, pH scales, and dreaming about those sirens.. (whee whoo!) and now, here i am, starting paramedic school in september. i haven't been so active in...

That's what I've been gathering....EMT school for me was 12k...I can't do that again if I'm going to go to medic school. Thanks for the stories. I'll keep that in mind. Also, thanks MassEMT-B. I'll check it out. Attleboro is about 45 minutes from me, but it might be worth it.

I became an EMT when I was 19 years old. (started school at 18.) I don't regret getting involved with EMS so young, but I do regret my attitude. Young EMT's need to remember that while we have a lot of the same education as our older coworkers, we have SO much less experience. And I'm not...

Thanks for the link. I was looking through it earlier, and was looking for more opinion-based responses. I made the mistake of going to a poor-reputed school for EMT-I, and I regretted it from the time that I started class until after I was hired by my first EMS service. Can you go into more...

Hey everyone. I've been away for a while now...haven't really posted since I passed NREMT-I back in Jan, 2009. Well, happy new year! :P I'm looking for a reputable school in the Boston area. I've done some google searches, and the schools I've found (ie: EMS Academy...with their 1 ambulance...

Yesterday I was on the radio and meant to say 10-4, and ended up telling my unit they were 10-ROUTE. :blush: My only excuse to the dispatcher that was training me was that it sounded like "en route". I don't think she bought it. It was just retarded.

I ran it by my husband, he demands that I settle for no less than dinner and a movie before I supply said proof. :lol:

I'm just a warm body I guess. (Hot body's more like it, baby! :P) I'm a brand new EMT-I, they're willing to put me through EMD training. Thanks. Obviously I'm clueless. I appreciate any information, it's helpful. I think that's the most major reason I'm struggling right now. I'm a...

You hit the nail on the head. I trained my first day today, and that's what it is. non-PSAP call center. Occasionally, we have staff from nursing facilities call us directly instead of 911 for an emergency run, (I don't understand why though) and we'll work with that. Now that I actually...

That description made me laugh a little bit. Nope, I'm in Atlanta. Urban and suburban.

Well, this service has the 911 contract for 4 out of 5 zones in the county, plus runs NET with BLS stretcher trucks and wheelchair vans. So I think it's just one agency, but it's alot. Yeah, I was hanging around the dispatch center today just for giggles, and the woman I was shadowing was on the...

Well enough. I grew up in the cyber age. So I can text, IM, talk on the phone, and surf the web at the same time. But that's about the extent of my experience. lol :rolleyes:

I searched the other threads for answers but didn't find any. Do any of you have experience with dispatch? I got hired on at a FANTASTIC private service on Friday as dispatch. I initially went out for field EMT-I, but they said that because of my age, they couldn't hire me in that dept. (I...

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