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Oh, you WILL do more than 200 hours to get allof your skills in. You can plan on that.
Lenoir Community College online medic program?
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Oh, you WILL do more than 200 hours to get allof your skills in. You can plan on that.
200 hospital hours, then 300 hours roughly in the field I believe. Not sure why you wouldn't be able to get your skills done in that time.
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You can get you skills in in that time period. I would suggest that it will take more hours to really become proficient and comfortable. I would do as many hours I could do personally. I would also offer that rotating to other areas of the hospital as an intern will be a different experience, and thus beneficial, despite your previous exposure as a tech.
Good luck!
Thank you, I am looking forward to it and am hoping to do clinicals in the ER in at least 3 hospitals (two of which are level 1 trauma centers). I think the variety is always good.
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Currently I am debating on taking the online course at LCC or driving to JCC to take the basic EMT class. I do have some experience being a junior firefighter and having an internship for 2 years at my local department. I am a full time Pre-Physicians assistant major which is what is making me lean towards the online course. Do you have any suggestions for me?
I am also considering Lenoir CC for my EMT-P education. I had many concerns as well regarding the program due to the limited access to people knowledgeable about their program. I am an EMT-B in Northwest Ohio and can not find a school anywhere that offers courses that fit my hectic work schedule. I have the time to do the work however, I can't arrange my work schedule to allow being in class during the times the classes are offered locally. I spoke with their program coordinator (I believe) who seemed very willing to help with finding a local field/clinical sites. To those of you who have completed the program... any issues with state to state reciprocity? Any additional coursework that you would recommend PRIOR to starting the program? Also, what is an estimated total cost for the program? Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Total cost is 350, plus a few bucks here and there for insurance and alphabet cards. Books will run you a couple hundred more. I figure you won't spend more than 1k on everything including uniform shirts and all.
The program is very very fast paced, first week was 7 chapters, each had 50-130 power points per chapter, plus recommended reading from the book, plus videos, plus each chapter had a quiz ranging from 15 or 20 questions to 100 questions. You have 7 days to do the work but we had weekend practicals so you really had 5 days to knock it out. Same thing goes for this week, its intense, we have had people leave the course already, but if you do finish this course you will know your stuff...
as far as state to state reciprocity I was told when I finish the program I can take the NC test and than just sign up for the national registry test as well and knock both out. That will cover me for NC and where I live (SC) and it will be much simpler to get reciprocity for other states if I have both.
I would recommend an A&P review before starting the program. And being able to flip through an EMT basic book and answer all the end of chapter questions will certainly make the first part of the course much easier.
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I am thinking about starting the EMT-Intermediate program in December (I was told I couldn't couldn't go from Basic to Paramedic). I kind of wish I could go straight from Basic to Paramedic, but it's okay. I wanted to know what people thought about the intermediate as well?
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I've not had zero problems with licensure here in California. The key is eligibility for national registry, which I took, and what California really is worried about outside of the program meeting DOT standards.
I can't comment on the intermediate program, but I believe that the instructors rotate around so it's likely that it won't matter and the program will be good.
Ditto on the A&P. I had taken bunch a science courses, A&P included, and it really flattened the learning curve to the point of triviality for that subject matter.
As far as finding places in your area for field and clinical time, I suggest you start networking. That is how you'll find places.
I spent about 5k for the entire program including flights and hotel.
I can't comment on the intermediate program, but I believe that the instructors rotate around so it's likely that it won't matter and the program will be good.
Ditto on the A&P. I had taken bunch a science courses, A&P included, and it really flattened the learning curve to the point of triviality for that subject matter.
As far as finding places in your area for field and clinical time, I suggest you start networking. That is how you'll find places.
I spent about 5k for the entire program including flights and hotel.
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For anyone who did the Outreach program for Lenoir cc medic course, were there any cheap home&board, on campus dorms, or any residents near the college offering housing? I have heard there were residents offering rooms to out of state students attending the medic program. I've been doing a lot of online searching and haven't found anything. How or what did you do to find a spot to stay for the required on campus visits for skills? my last resort is just getting a hotel for the week but im sure there are cheaper alternatives. Thanks in advance
I'm not sure if that it is an option at this time. My recommendation would be to just do an AirBnB. I bet you can find something for the week at a very affordable rate less than that of a hotel.