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    hello from california..new emt here

    I grew up in this area. Moved in the same home I moved into when I was 6 years old and in the first grade. I'm right across the street from the Volunteer Fire Department and regained my EMT-B so I can run with the department again. I'm considering paramedic school, but there are some things I...
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    Advice Needed...ER Tech or BLS IFT to Medic School?

    Being in various aspects of medicine [if I had to do it all over again], I wouldn't change a thing. I started out with just a first aid card before I graduated high school many moons ago. I followed that up with a 13 year stint as a Hospital Corpsman, facing various aspects of field...
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    My dilemma...

    Just my two cents worth... From a 20 year commitment to law enforcement (since retired), I have been put through several polygraph tests. I find that honesty is the best policy. When I took my first polygraph, I had to admit that I had used marijuana (hey it was in the 70's then), but then...
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    Any EMT-B's out there over 50?

    A little bit about me, my first career was a Navy Hospital Corpsman (13 years); then a police department employee (20 years in dispatch, records, police reserve officer, administration and computer repair). I retired from that and moved back to my home town. I've put in a year in an...
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    Took the NR test today, can I get my results back today?

    Possible, but not probable. I thought mine came back pretty fast and I checked often, but finished the test at about 10:30 AM and by 4:30PM the results were on the NREMT site.
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    Tips for court appearances

    Always listen to what ever lawyer is representing you and never offer any extraneous explanations. Stick to the questions and the facts. You won't go wrong.:P
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    I've Been Served!!!!

    Of course the attorney would say it was a bad idea......he/she/they had the patient convinced it was a perfectly good lawsuit and there was money to be had. I know attorneys get a bad rap.....but there are those that defend/prosecute (which we need) and then there are those who are out for...
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    Nervous!

    I took my NR today and it "seemed" to have more than a fair share of obstetrics, however, I understand that the NR has a pool of around 2,000 to 3,500 questions it pulls from, gives "weights" to each question and determines which one to ask you next. Wish I had that formula, but any way good...
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    Police response to EMS calls

    I belong to a volunteer fire department and any time the local police is on-duty, they roll with us. I appreciate the extra hands when it comes to bringing someone down from the second floor. Normally, if they are not needed for law enforcement duties or extra hands, they kind of stay in the...
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    Quick results - Was posted on NREMT this afternoon, about 5.5 hours after I took my test. I now have a number, so I PASSED. Just waiting for cards now, then protocol testing and will be cleared.
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    Post the # your test stopped at, and if you Passed/Failed

    Took my NREMT Basic this morning, stopped at around question 70 or 71. I feel good about it, but will have to wait for the results.B)
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    military medics who have gone on to civilian EMS?

    I was a Hospital Corpsman from 1976 through 1989. While stationed in the Tidewater Virginia area, I attended EMT school at Portsmouth Naval Hospital (14 weeks) and during the course of this school, we became NREMT certified. I have used this both in the military and civilian (Va Beach had...
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    Thinking about an army career 68w

    I was a former Navy Hospital Corpsman, some of the jobs I've had have been a ward corpsman (in patient stuff), medical supply warehouse, laboratory technician, x-ray technician, and independent duty corpsman. I have deployed with the Marines, I have been deployed with the Navy (Persian Gulf...
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    Students and other EMT`s on Ride Alongs?

    One of our EMT-B class sessions met at a fire stations and that's all we did all night, load and unload. We all took turns being the patient, the one at the head, or the one at the feet. We practiced on the whole class (light-weight patients, average weight patients and "fluffy" ones)...
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