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There was a brother and sister at my job with similar beliefs. They both wore the uniform pants. The brother told several women he worked with that they'd be going to hell for wearing pants -- I wonder what their family dinners were like. Are you following your personal religious beliefs or...

Where'd you grow up? People who spent the first two years of their life in warm climates sweat more. There's really not much you can do about it, but if I'm at the gym I'll carry a towel around with me and dab my forehead. I disagree. He didn't say what intensity he's going to spend doing...

It depends on the company. Sometimes part-time means a set schedule that is <40 hours/wk and generally without benefits. Sometimes it means what the director said, although I would call that per diem.

I'll be the token female and state that I have no desire to have a gun on duty. I would not use it, I would not want to explain to patients why I was carrying around a deadly weapon, I would not want it in my house, and I would not want the responsibility. I really hope this is not going to...

or a sex goddess

Go to a real school and get financial aid

I weigh 135 pounds, I'm steadily losing weight, and I eat more than 1700 calories a day! Maybe I'm missing something but your BMR isn't the calories your body would normally need; it's how many calories your body needs just to stay alive. You need to eat more (high-quality) calories...

This. Over a holiday weekend we had 10 people waiting for an ambulance to go out in. I asked if I could take one of those 10 people out with me and was told there was no way it could ever ever be justified.

you are reading way, way, way too much into a two-word phrase

Curious why you didn't look into this before going through school? Go per diem and work every other weekend. You can be an EMT, pay off the credit cards, and keep your real job.

First, props on starting to work on your fitness! I'd recommend that you start lifting weights, at a gym. StrongLifts 5X5 is my preferred beginner's program, here's why: *you'll see steady progress as a beginner -- it was really motivating to watch my lifts go up once or twice a week...

It is about the intern year for new doctors & it totally is a must-read for anyone in healthcare, and it is quite entertaining. And Ambulance Girl is exactly as you described it. I liked it, but it's more of a personal journey/reflections story than an EMT story. I don't see it appealing to...

glassdoor.com will have some info. You can call the company's number and inquire what the starting rate is. You can also try and network a bit. Ask your class instructor, ask your classmates, ask around here.

I read that study too, but I can't find the link to it. I don't care about the financial aspect, I just don't want to be forced to smell it, and it's ridiculous for healthcare facilities to create policies that make patients walk through a cloud of smoke.

That sounds much healthier

Why do so many nursing homes put the ambulance entrance in the back next to the smoking area for staff? I don't want to walk through that cloud and I don't want to pull my patients through it either! Uggg. Whyyyy can't we just use the front door for our non-emergency IFTs?

Doesn't this imply that people were polite at some point? =D That's the way this forum is. Learn to just ignore it.

Don't let people walk over you. Actually taking the time to use outside resources to seek out ways to improvement makes you more professional/ready for success than most of the EMTs I've worked with. You aren't going to kill anyone, you aren't going to do anything critically wrong, and everyone...

If you want an IFT company that people can take pride in, then have hiring standards. Have nice uniforms. Have well-trained supervisors and managers who encourage their employees. Have continuing education. Have tuition reimbursement. Don't let the company be ran by middle-aged men with...

Then you won't be working in Indiana six months from now. I'm not sure what the point of this thread is, but maybe my reading comprehension is failing. You mailed the required documents, you received your temporary certification, and now you're... declaring you're a rebel who isn't going to...