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This is my first time here, having found this forum through a google search. I just wanted to share that I just finished my summer EMT-B course and passed the state written exam with an 89%, and passed all 7 stations at the state practicals with flying colors. :) Or so I think, they don't tell you what points you miss.. only if you pass or fail. But I was extremely confident going in and had the feeling the I "nailed" each skill.

I felt bad for the poor young woman who was my PT for KED. As I was doing the leg straps I just kept apologizing to her for my touch...but fact is, I think I was more embarrassed than she was. :)

My nerves were running wild the whole morning, but after I got the first skill station over with I started to calm down...In my mind I just kept going back to the classroom and how we did these skills over and over. I knew my stuff and was prepared, so I really had no reason to work myself up. Some of my classmates didn't have the same mindset...some had to goto the bathroom to get sick before we even started, and some came back from stations in tears because they knew they got a critical fail.

All in all it was a great experience, though...me and my class got to be like family during it all, and I was actually kind of sad to see it all come to and end with them. I got a few e-mail addresses and phone numbers to keep in touch with them to see how they're doing in the medical field and to compare stories.

Which leads me to my a question, what would be your advice to actually getting an EMT-B position? Going through local ambulance services or to go straight to a local hospital HR dept to fill out an application?

Thanks so much for reading, and God bless. :)
 
Hospital critical care transports often have medics with the patients and the EMT-Bs driving. You can also do IFT where you will probably switch out with a second EMT riding with the patient, but you can't expect anything interesting to happen on these (read, you may die of boredom). If you want to run emergency calls yourself, 911 agencies are probably the best bet. If they say they want someone with experience, IFT will often take anyone, so it may be a good starter position.
 
I recently graduated EMT-B school and starting Paramedic in October...SUPER EXCITED TOO!! good luck with your journey!!
 
Super Stoked SON!

Hello every body. I'm 24 living in San Diego and am FINALLY going towards an EMS CAREER! Happy to get any information from you yanks as possible!! Thinking about going to EMSTA to get the EMT-B certificatoin and get hired on a hospital or ambulance. Also going to Volunteer in the Emergency Department of the local hospital... Thats the plan if everything goes well. What do you think everybody?
 
Some of the students were sobbing because they didn't do well?

Good thing they flunked, they are too immature to be EMTs.

Sound like a bunch of 8 year old girls.
 
allen griggs said:
Some of the students were sobbing because they didn't do well?

Good thing they flunked, they are too immature to be EMTs.

Sound like a bunch of 8 year old girls.
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My class had a former military medic, who passed the written tests, no studying, but could not get through the practicals, and this person acted out a bit to the instructors.

The people who got weeded out on the written tests would argue also.....

I am a driving instructor, I have seen and geard of adults arguing and assaulting the examiners after a failure.

Never underestimate anyones potential to act out. Judges, lawyers, cops, working paramedics, physicians, PHDs all have commited crimes or acted out when in conflict with others....
 
allen griggs said:
Some of the students were sobbing because they didn't do well?

Good thing they flunked, they are too immature to be EMTs.

Sound like a bunch of 8 year old girls.
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Our class ended up helping students who flunked the first round review what they may have missed. These kids cried too when they realized that their lack of attendance has screwed them. Then there was the other group whos instructor did not even do practicals as a part of the class. They had no freaking clue how to do an assessment. We kind of felt bad for them. That instructor never even stuck around. Dumped them at the test site and left. No one elses instructors left. Guess they wasted their money.
 
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