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    EMS vs Nursing questions

    The moral of the story, go big or go home. There are no shortcuts when it comes to education and credentialing. Any school advertising the standard, "you can become a valuable member of the healthcare team in only 4 weeks." line is lying. It's best to just go straight to nursing, paramedic...
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    EMS vs Nursing questions

    Well this job is stressful too... Different type of stress, like carrying someone down 3 flights of steps or doing CPR for 10 min to the hospital ... If your looking for stress free- healthcare in general isn't the route to go lol- you have to love your job, love working with people, and love...
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    How many have met/know your medical director?

    I work in the ER part time and our Medical Director is an Attending there - so I see, converse and even ask him questions - he's a nice guy and easy to get along with ... I'm not cray about some of his thoughts on protocols but that's ok.
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    EMS Saints...?

    So my family originates as Roman catholic (although we don't attend a catholic church any more ) but my mom brought my brother a St. Micheals pendant when he graduated the police academy and she wants to do the same for me when I finish paramedic school- but we unsure if St Micheal or St Luke is...
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    Jblearning vs emtprep vs emt-national

    Thanks!!
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    Jblearning vs emtprep vs emt-national

    Awesome thanks so much!
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    Jblearning vs emtprep vs emt-national

    So as I asked in my previous post about the best study guide for NREMT-P I've narrowed my choice down to 3 websites... Which do you find to be the best? Thanks in advance! emt-national-training.com Jblearning.com Emtprep.com
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    NREMT-P help

    Im still in class... I don't graduate untill October 30th and we can't sit for national reg until after our practical which is Nov 10th... So I've started to study on my own... I'm just looking to see which sites are the best... I've heard about a few so I'm trying to get a vote of which works...
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    NREMT-P help

    Hello... I go to take my NREMT-P test in 6weeks and am trying to prepare the best I can... I have bought a few study guide books but I'm really looking for a good website with Practice questions on it- I don't mind paying for one but I really wanna find one that is not only going to help study...
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    EMS Stores

    Just any kind of clothes or equipment
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    EMS Stores

    I've been in EMS for 8 years and find most "tactical" and uniform shops are slowly doing away with EMS clothes n gear... anyone know of any good stores in the South Central PA or Northern MD area that have a good collection of stuff? The only 2 I know of around me are Atlantic Tactical in New...
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    East Texas paramedic schools\options?

    Im an EMT in a medic program and work full time as an ER tech and part time pre hospital... and working the ER is AWESOME for the medic program, not only do you get more patient contact then you do pre hosptial but you get to see the "full picture" so its a great learning experience. Plus...
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    Full time college student and EMT/EMT-P School

    Good for you! You seem to have alot going for you... I dont think you would have an issue on the education parts esp since you have A&P. Like everyone says though clincals in the Parmedic programs can be grueling... 500+ hours in less then a year (soon top of a full time college load it might be...
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    Clinical Hours??

    thats nice... our programed goofed around and didnt allow us to start clinicals untill 5 months into the program, part because they said we needed skills before we could start, part because they couldnt get there end together... but in the end we are now stuck doing 20hrs a week clinical (on top...
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    Clinical Hours??

    I am currently in a Paramedic Program and going through clinicals... we need about 500 clincal hours to graduate- I know this is pretty standard, but my question is how many months did it they give you to complete them? Or how many hours a week you had to do to be able to complete them in time...
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    Medic Class Normal??

    First I apologize but I wrote this post from my iPhone (which is new to me) so I am sorry for the grammar and spelling issues. Next I am VERY dedicated to my school, only thing that I do in addition to it is care for my 2 year old and work full time. I am 26 and not a party person... I havent...
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    Medic Class Normal??

    I am in Paramedic school, about half way done. I've been doing well so far n have good grades n understand most of the concepts. But our past mod to me has seem rushed ( our programs fairly new so I'm trying to see how things compare to others. Our Mod this time consists of Endocrinology...
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