Newbie EMT wanting experience

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Hi all,
I'm new here and this is my first post. I got my NREMT cert a little more than a month ago, top of my class, aced every exam/practical. I am having trouble getting experience in the field, though. I have shadowed nurses/ALS techs in ER'S around the local area and today just finished an air crew ride along shift. I haven't been able to see much of anything, let alone practice any skills. I've spent approx. 30 hours shadowing/ doing ride alongs, and the most exciting thing I've been able to do is feel a pt's vein as a nurse flushed an IV. I spent the past 12 hours at the air crew base hoping to get a call, not a single one came. Even during clinicals for class, my nurse just wrote down vitals for my patient contacts. I didn't actually "make contact" with any of them, and some of them I didn't even get to see. I know ems isn't all adrenaline rush, but is this a typical experience? I may be impatient, but I'm getting pretty discouraged. I got my cert, I wanna actually do stuff now!
I'm scheduled for another ride along shift with a ground crew in about a week, hopefully I'll have better luck then.
 
You want experience, you need to get a job in the field, even if all it is in dialysis transfers. And you did yourself a disservice for letting the nurse pencil whip your paperwork. In fact you should have been made to do it all again.

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Thank you both for your responses. My instructor recommended doing as many ride along shifts as possible before actually settling on a job. I'll see what this next ems service is like and if they accept applications.
 
You're an EMT, it's not like your vetting a career destination. EMTs are entry level employees. Just get a job and go to work.
 
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