Current Emt student. I would say half way along. I had my first ride along last weekend with paramedics on a local fd, and my next is coming up in a couple weeks. During the first call, a nose bleed, I tried taking bp but we were bouncing about couldn't hear anything. Got bp by palp. It was pretty slow, only got 3 calls. The next two were diabetes and asthma related. The ride along provided me insight on general operations, and maybe even a reminder that I actually want to do this. Otherwise, I had no idea what I was supposed to be doing. I took it upon myself to observe everything from en route to scene to exiting the hospital. Beyond this, I had no clue. I didn't know whether I should jump in and start asking the pt questions and taking vitals, or help obtaining supplies and primarily observe. What are your experiences? Any advice.