Hey guys and gals well just a new member here, well I'm from Las Vegas passed my national registry so iam a registered EMT-B currently in school for my EMT-I but I have a few questions ultemetly I want to go into fire rescue but I have heated different things on the classes that I need up to who I can talk to but I decided to come here so I can get a little more insight perhaps someone has gone threw and is currently in fire rescue. I would greatly appriciate all the help and resources I can get thanks in advance.
Advice on fire rescue
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Other than EMT-B what is your education level? I would advise some A&P and Biology Classes as they will help understand the clinical material and I would also advise a technical writing and perhaps an English composition class. You are only as good a provider as your run sheet indicates. If your run sheets are riddled with errors it will be assumed that your patient care is as well.
EMT Dan
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If there's a volunteer fire department near you that you can consistently help around at, you could find out more about going through the Firefighter 1 course. It's not too far off from the EMT-B course as far as length and time commitment goes. Of course, that will depend on your current class schedule, but it could get you more involve with the fire aspect of things.
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Two things
1. "Fire rescue" is very vague. Do you mean EMS, or working a ladder truck and hauling people out of fires, or search and rescue? The number one use by man hours for non-wildland firefighting units is emergency medical runs, and everyone is required to have more than rudimentary skills.
2. If you can't speak or write better than your post, you will fail in competition with others for the jobs. (I know, this from Mister Typo!). Better writing and thinking makes for better interviews, better reports, better charting.
USAF has (or used to have) a "fire rescue" school for their fire protection specialists. Try this:http://www.goodfellow.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6598
Good luck, from a USAF school's 1977 graduate.
1. "Fire rescue" is very vague. Do you mean EMS, or working a ladder truck and hauling people out of fires, or search and rescue? The number one use by man hours for non-wildland firefighting units is emergency medical runs, and everyone is required to have more than rudimentary skills.
2. If you can't speak or write better than your post, you will fail in competition with others for the jobs. (I know, this from Mister Typo!). Better writing and thinking makes for better interviews, better reports, better charting.
USAF has (or used to have) a "fire rescue" school for their fire protection specialists. Try this:http://www.goodfellow.af.mil/library/factsheets/factsheet.asp?id=6598
Good luck, from a USAF school's 1977 graduate.