*****The Official Medics/EMTs/Firefighters..Pt II******

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

That is a really good point. Liability is always an issue for us. I would assume that the patient would be required to sign something equivalent to a refusal in order to release liability from the medic, but I dunno.

I definitely wouldn't want that job either, but somebody will.

[TheChadster08]

He told us he was an alcoholic so we went the detox route.

Oh.

I would have told his dead beat friends to take him lol.

We see that sht all the time.
brb 4 cars in the drive way, no one can take the person with a hurt toe.

[JesseC]

Medic school is flying by! A little less than 2 months to vehiculars and clinicals. Cannot wait!

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

Man, this pump operator sht is fun as hell. This is the only time that I have ever enjoyed doing math.

[epicknight7]

Any so-Cal EMS ITT (or have some insight/advice on the region). Planning to take the NREMT in a couple of weeks (made about 500+ flashcards already). I know it can take months on end to get hired somewhere so trying to be realistic and research my options more (i.e. at emtlife forums etc.)

Also, to expand on my earlier question about no one usually "retiring as an EMT," is the common/conventional route to meet the minimum requirements and apply for paramedic school/fire academy asap? I've been reading that this seems to be the case, but I figured it would be more practical to put in a couple years (maybe 3-5?) as an EMT to have a solid foundation on patient care, etc. Thanks brahs.

[TheChadster08]

Man, this pump operator sht is fun as hell. This is the only time that I have ever enjoyed doing math.

Once you get your few pre connects and some other little things figured out, make yourself a cheat sheet.

Because once you got those few things down, you ain't really gonna use it any more. Just math out the friction loss per section of hose and then you can just do a quick math quiz in your head if you have to throw together a weird combo.

[eta510]

volunteer fire fighter checking in

Good to see another volunteer around. Welcome.

[Yaboyblitzy]

Where do you volunteer? How long have you been at it?

Welcome to the thread.

actually still gotta fill in my paperwork and get a physical in order to become official. my bad shoulder is holding me back however. I volunteer in my little old hometown.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

Any so-Cal EMS ITT (or have some insight/advice on the region). Planning to take the NREMT in a couple of weeks (made about 500+ flashcards already). I know it can take months on end to get hired somewhere so trying to be realistic and research my options more (i.e. at emtlife forums etc.)

Also, to expand on my earlier question about no one usually "retiring as an EMT," is the common/conventional route to meet the minimum requirements and apply for paramedic school/fire academy asap? I've been reading that this seems to be the case, but I figured it would be more practical to put in a couple years (maybe 3-5?) as an EMT to have a solid foundation on patient care, etc. Thanks brahs.

If you would like to eventually work for a fire department, then yes, I wouldn't delay a fire academy/medic school for too long. If you plan on saying in Cali that is definitely the right move. As im sure you know, the Cali job market sucks. I don't mean to sound harsh but you might want to consider relocating if you want to be a firefighter. Im not saying its impossible to get hired there, its just extremely difficult...especially if you aren't a medic.

[vwbusmike73]

Spending my birthday as my back half to a 48. Wish I didn't mention it was my birthday though, since I'm an intern I figured it wouldn't matter, but some of the guys are currently baking me a cake and I've already been hit with the booster line.

Reps 'till I'm out brah's!

EDIT : Apparently I don't rep enough outside of this thread. I'll get you all soon!

[MJB32]

Question for the medics in this thread. How old were you when you started medic school, and how long had you been involved in EMS? Do you feel you would have benefitted from more experience before beginning medic school? Favorite and least favorite part of medic school? Any responses are greatly appreciated.

[vwbusmike73]

Question for the medics in this thread. How old were you when you started medic school, and how long had you been involved in EMS? Do you feel you would have benefitted from more experience before beginning medic school? Favorite and least favorite part of medic school? Any responses are greatly appreciated.

I'm currently only a medic intern and started medic school at 23. Came in with no 911 experience. I can tell you from first hand experience it is VERY difficult. Not having a basic understanding on how to simply act on scene as an EMT, and pretty much learning how to be an EMT and Paramedic all within my Paramedic internship is extremely difficult and stressful. I would recommend you be an EMT for a short while before Medic school, that's just my opinion though

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

Question for the medics in this thread. How old were you when you started medic school, and how long had you been involved in EMS? Do you feel you would have benefitted from more experience before beginning medic school? Favorite and least favorite part of medic school? Any responses are greatly appreciated.

I was 28 when I started medic school.

I had no prior EMS experience.

Yes I definitely would have benefitted from some field experience as an EMT before I started medic school, but I don't have any regrets about jumping into the medic program. Jobs for EMT-Bs are tough to come by here, and I had zero interest in working for a private transport company. I wasn't getting any younger and I wanted to make a career out of EMS. The logical next step was medic school. It definitely made for a steep learning curve but it was worth it.

Favorite part of medic school was my internship. Being able to actually get out into the field and start putting it all together was fun. In terms of classroom stuff, I really enjoyed cardiology and pathophysiology.

Least favorite part was my hospital rotations. At first it was ok because I was seeing all kinds of disease process' that I had only read about, but it got boring after awhile. I often felt like I was bugging people who were just trying to rest in their bed. I understand why so many hours in the hospital setting are required, but it just got old.

[coobreeze22]

Question for the medics in this thread. How old were you when you started medic school, and how long had you been involved in EMS? Do you feel you would have benefitted from more experience before beginning medic school? Favorite and least favorite part of medic school? Any responses are greatly appreciated.

started medic school at 20. got into ems at 18. going to be my 5th year in ems starting in august. honestly, no i dont think experience really benefited me prior to medic school. medic school taught be a lot. favorite part of medical school was probably the er clinicals, saw a lot, learned a lot.

[TheChadster08]

Got swung to 39s yesterday and go to go on a boat rescue yesterday.
http://www.myfoxdfw.com/video?clipId...*********=true

Helped pull them out. And DFD was NOT the ones towing them. It was the police that was towng the boat wrong.

[daiawa]

We had a brand new fire boat run into a LIGHTED channel marker and nearly sank it, and they say it struck a "unknown object". Still dont think the FD admitted it yet, however you can see it was a police boat in your vid.

[H51]

Interested in becoming an paramedic/firefighter and I have one lazy eye which is 20/200 vision and another eye which is corrected to 20/20 would this disqualify me from having a career as one? I've searched around google but seemed to get split answers and was curious if anyone has experience with this type of problem.

[coobreeze22]

Interested in becoming an paramedic/firefighter and I have one lazy eye which is 20/200 vision and another eye which is corrected to 20/20 would this disqualify me from having a career as one? I've searched around google but seemed to get split answers and was curious if anyone has experience with this type of problem.

Depends on the department. A lot of them want correctable to 20/20 but my lt for example has one eye....

[MJB32]

Thanks for the replies BusMike73, 2Rude and CooBreeze. I'm pretty similar to you Breeze. I'm 19 and a half and have been in EMS for a few months, got my EMT right when I turned 18. If I'm not hired in a fire department by the end of the sumer, I'll be in medic school. I'll rep you all off spread.

[coobreeze22]

Thanks for the replies BusMike73, 2Rude and CooBreeze. I'm pretty similar to you Breeze. I'm 19 and a half and have been in EMS for a few months, got my EMT right when I turned 18. If I'm not hired in a fire department by the end of the sumer, I'll be in medic school. I'll rep you all off spread.

get the medic brah, step it up from there, i put myself through fire school after maybe 6 months on the privates because my department that i interned at for medic school liked me and said theyll hire me as a vacancy comes up. bust your butt brah, achieve all you can and youll get there in no time.....im still testing to get out of that dept and on a better one. everything is one step at a time, it will all fall together eventually.

[MJB32]

get the medic brah, step it up from there, i put myself through fire school after maybe 6 months on the privates because my department that i interned at for medic school liked me and said theyll hire me as a vacancy comes up. bust your butt brah, achieve all you can and youll get there in no time.....im still testing to get out of that dept and on a better one. everything is one step at a time, it will all fall together eventually.

Well bro i just got the best call of my life. The dept I had been waiting for is going to hire me! Just have to get the blessing from their board of selectmen! They'll send me to AEMT school and possibly medic school after I get through with that. My career goal is to eventually be a firefighter in my dad's fire department. But this is an awesome start. An absolute dream come true. Gonna work my ass off and train as much as I can to be the best firefighter as I can be.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

Interested in becoming an paramedic/firefighter and I have one lazy eye which is 20/200 vision and another eye which is corrected to 20/20 would this disqualify me from having a career as one? I've searched around google but seemed to get split answers and was curious if anyone has experience with this type of problem.

Unfortunately there is no concrete answer for this, it really is going to depend on the department.

Best bet would be to call the personnel offices of some departments you would like to work for and ask them what their policy is.

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

Well bro i just got the best call of my life. The dept I had been waiting for is going to hire me! Just have to get the blessing from their board of selectmen! They'll send me to AEMT school and possibly medic school after I get through with that. My career goal is to eventually be a firefighter in my dad's fire department. But this is an awesome start. An absolute dream come true. Gonna work my ass off and train as much as I can to be the best firefighter as I can be.

That's great man, congrats.

Don't ever lose that attitude either.

[jono28613]

anyone up for some wildland?

http://fire.lacounty.gov/PDFs/FIRE%2...n%2030196I.pdf

[coobreeze22]

So Chicago pulled a mabas ems box! My ambulance was due to go but we had a call at the same time could have been at the Blackhawks parade right now! Oh well.

[David89]

1 month out from being done with EMT school..getting serious brahs lol

[2Rude4MyOwnGood]

So Chicago pulled a mabas ems box! My ambulance was due to go but we had a call at the same time could have been at the Blackhawks parade right now! Oh well.

Had to Google Mabas...interdasting.

1 month out from being done with EMT school..getting serious brahs lol

Good luck dude, what are you planning to do with your cert?

[GetHimABodyBag]

LA County Fire's latest class video!

[GetHimABodyBag]

coobreeze22 btw LA County Fire is going to put out a test next year, P-Card is highly highly desirable.

[David89]

Had to Google Mabas...interdasting.



Good luck dude, what are you planning to do with your cert?

thanks man, planning on starting in the private service then maybe in a year or so move up to 911.