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I am taking an EMT-B course at my college, which starts on the 11th. I will also be taking an advanced english composition class and an elective to fulfill my nursing school requirements for graduation. I'm just curious to know who took their EMT-B course by itself, or if it was taken with...

Hello everyone, I am contemplating on whether to take an ACLS course this Summer, or to wait until the summer that I graduate. I am 2 finals away from being finished with my junior year of my BSN program. I just took a dysrhythmias course this semester and it was a GREAT course going over every...

So, once I finish my course and everything and begin to volunteer, I know I will need to be driving the ambulance. The driving part doesn't necessarily bother me, just the fact that I am not good with directions. I live out in the country and do not know the local life squad areas too well. I...

Hello all, I am curious to know if working as an ER tech is considered "actively working and using the skills of an EMT" for recertification purposes. Or do you actually have to work on an ambulance? Because I know paramedics who I work with that work in the hospital setting and can recertify...

Hello all, I was just wondering how the "scheduling" and required amount of hours in a certain time frame works when volunteering as an EMT. I'm sure it varies by station, but what would be a good average, that you would say? I work as an ER tech now (taking my EMT course this summer), but I...

I am not an EMT...yet. I am taking my course this summer though. I've been trying to figure out how all the recertification **** works. I know that there has to be continuing education hours completed, skill competencies, and be actively working. First off, I plan to let my NREMT lapse and...

So, I have heard that once you are completed with your EMT course, you take the cognitive and psychomotor exams. Some people that I have talked to say that they took their psychomotor exam with their EMT class during their final class; but others say that they had to actually schedule a...

I never thought that they could, but one of my friends that had taken his EMT class said that practiced intubation skills. I thought it was out of an EMT's scope of practice.

Hello all. I am a 3rd year nursing student. I am looking to take my school's EMT class this summer. I know there are two parts to the exam, cognitive and psychomotor, but the psychomotor portion is what is freaking me out a little bit. Is it all that hard, or have I just been lied to? Are...