Recent content by MedRhett

I'm glad your MEPS experience was decent - except for the lack of a contract! I can't really advise you on any of those other jobs, as I know nothing about them and they're a little outside my area of expertise. I will say that if you want to be a medic, hold out for it. Don't accept...

Congrats and good luck! Have fun at MEPS... lol Airborne!

I would definitely say that my military experience helped me in the civilian world. In a few different ways... Job-wise, the experience has gotten me several job offers. I wasn't a military medic, by the way... I was actually a linguist with a TS clearance. So, needless to say, I got a lot...

If you want more training, have the cojones and love to do PT, I'd go for 18D - SF medic. You'd just have to go to SF selection, pass that and put in for 18D. I was in Army SF and got to work very closely with 18Ds. From what I understand, they pretty much train to EMT-P (plus some other...

I assume that the provisions regarding liability would still apply, though. Therefore, if you did decide to act, you could not face any legal repercussions - were something to go wrong. Although, I guess it does depend on where you live as to who's covered under the law.

Found a link that gives 'duty to act' statute info for every state. http://www.momsteam.com/alpha/features/cardiac_awareness_center/good_samaritan_laws.shtml

I'm going to work for a service that doesn't allow any visible ink. Some allow it, some don't. Personally, I don't have any ink below the elbow. Above the elbow is another story. I had to get slightly longer short-sleeve uniform shirts to make sure my ink was covered. If I had to, I could...

VentMedic... thanks for all the info I actually have had a lot of experience with RRTs, as my son had a trache and was in the hospital quite a bit - on a ventilator, unfortunately. I knew all the RTs by name and was impressed with their knowledge/professionalism. Prior to then, I knew...

Thanks for the reply.... as for getting my Paramedic, the service I'm going to work for actually has an in-house paid program they'll put me through once I've been there a certain amount of time. As for the RN/RRT decision, I'm actually leaning towards the RRT program, as the one in my...

Hey.. I've been a lurker for quite awhile and figured I'd post as I would like to get some of your thoughts/opinions on a career path. A little background first.... I recently got out of the military and will be going to work for a large county system as an EMT-B next month. Once I have...