I am joining the Army National Guard. I am going to be a medic. In the civilian wor

[fm_emt]

anyway he was telling me about some of the interesting things going on with trauma care. One of the pushes was to get a tourniquet on FIRST. I thought that was pretty interesting.

I just read an article on something similar. The thinking nowadays seems to be "stop the major bleeding before doing ANYTHING ELSE." The Nov issue of EMS Magazine had it in the tactical medic article. Interesting stuff.

 

[BossyCow]

On the 'how to get hired' question..... the training is only part of it. Get your certifications for the area in which you wish to practice. Some MPD's will expect you to pass a test on the local protocols before putting their signature on the dotted line for you working under their license.

Fire Departments are very, very, very competitive. You have to be willing to stand in line for hours in order to be one of the 250 applications they hand out for the 4 positions they will be filling in the next year. Your application has to make it into the short list for the testing, then physical agility, psych, oral interview, chief's interview and then pass a probationary period after that.

If you really want to be hired, you will go through this process multiple times, getting (hopefully) a bit better with each test, interview, etc. If you get attitude from having to prove yourself or having people examine you closely, look into a nice business admin. degree.

 

[tgpii]

Illinois Army National Guard

I am currently a member of the Illinois Army National Guard. My current job is a Combat Medic. With my training I have earned my National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians (NREMT), Emergency Medical Technicians Basic (EMT-B) certification. My current rank is E-4 Specialist.