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Hey, I will be taking my EMT-B course starting in july at Northeastern University in Boston...Being from florida I have to take the national cert...what does that entail? also when I get back to florida what do u think the chances are that I could join the local fire rescue as a volunteer EMT?
 
Well, I know nothing of Florida other than it's legendary ability to induce epic swamp *** in any male over 50 lbs. My trip to Disneyland recently was fun, but I don't know how people survive humidity at that level without having constant lung infections due to breathing water constantly.

That said, EMT-B National Cert is pretty easy. There are no practicals, and as long as you pass them in your class you've passed them for nationals. Before you complete your class, you go to the NREMT website and register. After you finish the class, you apply for a testing. They will give you a list of available dates, you pick one and give them the name and address of the place you took your EMT class.

They will contact your school, confirm that your practicals were completed and that you passed the class. When you go in to take the test, it's a computerized smart test that will ask you more or less questions (all multiple choice) based on what you get wrong or get right. After you score competently in all areas, the test will end without giving you a score. You will receive in the mail the results a week or two later, though most people just look online to find out if their registration went though about two days after the test was completed.
 
I'm not sure about Flordia but in West Virginia if you dont take the class in State you have to have a valid National card, and get a letter from a service that will show you are affiliated with them. Then you have to take the State Test and Practicals, then you cant pracice in the State until you have a State Card.
 
I mean the only reason im doing the EMT is for my med school application...Im trying to make this as painless as possible
 
The National class is not that bad, but when I did it we did not have all the computer testing we actually tested at the end of class in the same fire station I took the class in.
 
Florida, and South Florida especially, is all ALS paid FDs. Some departments allow for volunteer Fire Fighters for additional support.
You are not going to find volunteer BLS ambulances in the state since Florida provides ALS care to all of its residents.

Being a volunteer EMT isn't going to do much for your med school application. Volunteer at a hospital and shadow the doctors.
 
PapaBear434 said:
My trip to Disneyland recently was fun, but I don't know how people survive humidity at that level without having constant lung infections due to breathing water constantly.
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Wrong coast. We have Disney World.

Drinking water is good for the lungs as the hydration helps the mucociliary escalator which is a barrier against infection. We also have been know to put patients in more humidity than what even our air supplies since the particle sizes don't "humidify" the lungs.
 
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zkeegan said:
I live in Tampa, but I go to school in Ft lauderdale
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Good luck getting on with an FD in Tampa, they do have an IFT company, Americare that is (from what I've heard chatting it up with their employees last time I was in tampa) a decent place to work and is usually hiring. Not familiar with Ft. Lauderdale.

They also have several good hospitals you could apply to tech in, probably would look better on the med school app then EMT.
 
I had a few friends relocate to FLA as Basics. They had to take the National Registry for Basic and then take the FLA state written to get their FLA Basic cards...
 
djmedic913 said:
I had a few friends relocate to FLA as Basics. They had to take the National Registry for Basic and then take the FLA state written to get their FLA Basic cards...
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Florida does not have a state written for Basic. It uses the NREMT. However, one will still have to apply for a Florida certification after rec'g the results of the NREMT.
 
VentMedic said:
Wrong coast. We have Disney World.

Drinking water is good for the lungs as the hydration helps the mucociliary escalator which is a barrier against infection. We also have been know to put patients in more humidity than what even our air supplies since the particle sizes don't "humidify" the lungs.
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Noted. I always say the wrong one. Yes, you are right, Disney World.

As far as the humidity issue: Drinking water and breathing water is two different issues. It was so thick I felt like I was drowning half the damn time. I'm a fat guy from Michigan and built like a walrus insulation wise. I'm not made for that weather.
 
PapaBear434 said:
Noted. I always say the wrong one. Yes, you are right, Disney World.

As far as the humidity issue: Drinking water and breathing water is two different issues. It was so thick I felt like I was drowning half the damn time. I'm a fat guy from Michigan and built like a walrus insulation wise. I'm not made for that weather.
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What makes it worse are those little fans that blow mists at you in the queue lines for rides!

After awhile you get used to feeling like you're stuck in a clothes dryer and learn to embrace the humidity.
 
nice...im actually taking my emt basic course now...im two weeks in and only have 5 left...this is the easiest :censored::censored::censored::censored: in the world...im very surprised how many students have a hard time with this...Im a little pissed tho cause at my school I already learned how to give IVs and as a basic im not allowed to...o well
 
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