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You can recertify by exam instead of doing CE. This costs like $100 but saves you time and hassle.

"The Medics and their patients deserve to be greeted by a physician, a nurse, an empty bed, and other necessary resources like RT."

You could also look into being a dispatcher or a 911 call taker!

I see that apostrophe and period, moving in the right direction.

You have to do a surprising amount of writing as an EMT. May as well get in the habit of using punctuation now...

I didn't take notes in paramedic school and was top of the class. I think taking notes during a lecture is a yuge waste of time and energy. Here is one of my favorite examples to illustrate the point: We're learning about the lungs, and the instructor puts a slide up that says "drowning -...

Still a BLS call though, just drive faster!

I definitely got on the highway going southbound instead of northbound once with an emergency :eek:

I use my watch more for the lap timer than anything else. I love knowing exactly how long ago something happened - CPR has been in progress for X minutes, we gave them a drug X minutes ago, I called the pizza delivery place X minutes ago, etc.

I could never motivate myself to go to the gym and lift... Started doing BJJ and what do you know, now I'm lifting so I can be better at that! Nothing quite as motivating as a 220lb dude trying to tear your head off.

Saw this in the "new posts" tab and was like ooo I'll make a plug for BJJ. Guess I didn't have to though! I've been at it for ~3 years now. Great for strength training and self defense, and I haven't ever had a serious injury from it - just tap early and don't spazz out!

That's the thing though - you do this every day. For us mere mortals who will probably BVM fewer people in a career than you do in a month, 1-person BVM technique is not so easy. I didn't realize how much I sucked at it until my OR time during paramedic school when I could look at the monitor...

Also $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ But I agree that capnography is the bomb.

What is their accreditation status on the caahep website?

When I went through my medic program, due to recent changes there were literally only 2 accredited programs in the state, so the program I went to had a "letter of review". I think this meant I was eligible to sit for the NREMT if the program stayed on track and did all the right things. It...

I'm really curious what he did - I can't think of how you would even go about cheating on the NREMT. They make you empty your pockets before going into the room, and then you're on camera the whole time you're taking the test. Go to the bathroom and look up a single question on the phone you...

Sounds pretty scary to me... I heard math is hard.