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  1. ok ok ok from a lot of the replies ive gotten on all my post its come to my attention that people dont quite understand some things. I live in a a smaal town country. The only good paid people around are hours away. I want to work in a big city. But volunteering right now is pretty much all i can do until i get a job in the ems field. I mean im learning and everything. Thats why ill be moving to a city to go school. My fire/rescue company merged two year ago so i run with both.
  2. I tried to get into the health forum thing but it wouldnt let me, said i had error on the page and wouldnt open it. Ok so another serious question. SInce I want to go into the medical field as a profession i already know its alot of activity that you need pretty much be prepared for. Im not or whatever but I dont know Im out of shape. My cardio is rediculous I run like 10-20 min and im already out of breath. Plus i know it involves a lot lifted which I alredy experienced in volunteer field. I've been running/jogging/walking which is helping but I want to do more. i want to build muscle, not a lot, but some so its not so hard to lift and to get my breathing to a pace where Im not so out of breath if I have to run up and down hills. If anyone could please give me some pointer/ exercises/ anything to get my body back in shape so i can keep up. Plus I know what your all prob thinking. Im 18 I shouldnt be out of shape blah blah blah haha, thats what you get when they dont make you take PE in high school and you have pretty much no life. More more question if anyone happens to know a cure for insomnia please let me know. Thank You
  3. Um flight, Your reply confused me because the question was about females and black males having and unfair advantage. ANd yea you gave me that part at the end. I mean I knew the reason I didnt get that job. Yea I was inexperienced but I did it for a learning experience for the future. Im 18 and a career right now would be nice but I really dont mind. I still have a lot a head of me. And Im a volunteer with EVOC or whatever I know whats expected when I enter the Paid world. Believe me Ive done A LOT of research to make sure its exactly what I want to do. I mean thank you for contributing and opinion I guess I just didnt understand why I was sort of getting lectured on the many reasons i didnt get that job.
  4. As I've said in a lot of post I've written I live in a small town so I volunteer. Where I live only one company around us is considered First Responders. There are two other companys around mine and the first responders are in the middle so when the two outter companys get toned they get toned as the first responders. As for the other companys being titled as first responders we dont have any. If someone comes from home they just question and give the information to the ambulance when they get there because no one carries anything helpful such as b/p cuff, etc with them. Looks like no one else thats replied has that sort of thing going on in there area.
  5. Jake I def. agree with you. Thats why in the spring of 08 Im going to a community college to get the rest of my certifications. haha I feel like I say this In every post I make but anyway... Im really commited to becoming a paramedic. I know its what I want to do and everyone in my town knows that. I dont know if they said that to me to make me feel better or what but I do know when they did tell me i took offense to it. I dont want it to be like that even if it was. I dont want and unfair advantage. I want a job based on my ability and if someone else if more qualified than me then they should get job right???
  6. Just an add on to my post above. This post isnt meant to offend anyone!! So please let me know if i do! Im also deeply sorry if this does offend anyone. Just a question thats all
  7. Ok for those of you that have read my other posts heres another question and for those of you who havent heres just a question. When I went and actually applied for a paid job everyone said I had a good chance because I was a female. Though I didnt get the job. Is it true that its easier for a female or for a black male to get a paid postion over a white male. And if so why??? But if not the why the heck did so many people beat that into my brain?
  8. hahaha. Great video!!! Thanks for sharing that with everyone
  9. Spenac, Thanks so much for sticking up for me. haha One thing I wanted to reply to you though. I know you said stop Volunteering. I've tried. I applied for a job in Alexandria Va to become a paramedic. They give you all the training. I got past the HOBET test, The physical exam, And the panel interview. I guess the next step, I just wasnt what they were looking for. I gave it a try anyway. I plan on applying for more jobs soon but I really think I need more education and more experience first. I dont want to jump into something I cant handle first. City calls compared to my little country town calls I for a fact are A LOT different. I still get excited for call probally because where I live we get 1 maybe 2 calls A WEEK! Sometimes we have more but its not likely. So .....
  10. ok. va not putting you down at all but I feel like you didnt even read what I wrote above you. Im in a Volunteer Fire and Rescue department.so yes we do have ambulances. Im certified EMT-B and Im going to school in the spring to get my other cerifications before my medic. ANd at the age of 17 EMT or not your allowed to ride in the back you just cant do anything. Pretty much worthless haha. I know I have a LONG way to go and Ive been riding with the few medics we have to get some advice an more experience. Im trying really hard and I read, go on websites. anything I can do to learn more.
  11. I just got online and wow so many ppl have responded since last night. Ok to clear everything up. Im not paid yet. Working on that, like some of you said im only 18 and it takesa few years to get through school. Im a volunteer and at the educationlevel of EMT-B I kinda live in a small town right now so not many medics around. Anyway in the spring of 2008 Im moving to Va beach to go to tidewater community college to go to school. I will be taking my EMT-E coarse and EMT-I coarse. If i succeed in that Im moving onto my Paramedic certification. I know and have known im cut out for this job. Ive wanted to be in the back of an ambulance since i was little and watched Rescue 911.Its just some of the people i run with just cut in front of me when im trying to question or take vitals and makes me not very confident. I mean Im good with vital the questions are coming a little slow and they jump right in. Every piece of info i can get my hands on i do. And as for asking questions when the call is over im ahead of you on that one, every thing i fell inconfident about I ask a question of what I can do better. I just feel like some of the "senior" volunteers arent into newbees. Plus the company im with is ALL drama. Everyday theres a different agruments because everyone wants to be the best and I know for a fact thats not what its about. So its not that im not really or cut out for it im just not pushed enough and I try but am put down for pretty much everything i do.
  12. I agree here. Also when i go on like cafepress.com to look for EMT stuff it always comes up with more police stuff. I think we are the one that get up at night and get out the ambulance to save someones life that has a general illness, etc. I mean firefighter are important too but we need to get recognized a little more
  13. I am relativly new to the whole ems thing. Ive always been interested in it but just got the nerve to join a company about a year ago. I love the adrenaline rush i get when my pager goes off im still a rookie so i def. get excited. I have a bit of a problem though. When i get on a call around cwertain people I freeze up. its like my whole mind goes blank. I know my stuff i do even though im new its just certain people are intimidating and i forget everything. Is there anyway to stop this to stop the freeze up? Please give me some advice. thank you
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