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To answer the first question, I got my I through a County EMS Training Center in MD. I've considered enrolling in a B-P class, however my B-I class was a 9 month class with almost 980 hours of class w/ 200 clinical hours and was supposed to be followed up by a short 3 month I-P bridge that filled in the gaps...but it never happened because out of my 20 person B-I class only 9 people made it through to the last day, with myself and another person from my agency leaving the class with a grade average of 96% and the rest of the class barely passing with an average of 77%. Anyway, I'd like to thank everyone for their help, I really appreciate the effort you all put into helping me especially since I'm relatively new to the forum. I do have one quick question though...as far as the Montgomery County program is concerned, do you have to be a member for a county EMS agency or would being a member of another MD county agency suffice?

I don't know if this is the right category for this post but I'll give it a shot. I was wondering if anyone knew of any Intermediate - Paramedic bridge classes in the Washington, DC area and if so how long are they and how to get in touch with the coordinators. Thanks.

thanks for the constructive answer i think that's like one decent response in two pages. maybe i'll convince my equipment supervisor to get one so i can play with it, we like new toys.

huh...seems i asked a question about something and got a completely different response. so i'll ask again. has anyone seen or heard about the new KED? its by KED so its not the iron duck thing or anything its a new version of Kendrick's KED.. so to clarify i want to know about the NEW KED not about how you feel about its usefullness. thank you.

I asked this in the chat and no one seemed to know what I was talking about....but I was talking to one of my buddies and he said that Kendrick redesigned his KED. Didn't believe him till our supervisor showed us a picture the new one. I can see some differences like the top chest strap is on its own flap and there seems to be another set of straps in the chest area of a the vest, but from the buckle position it doesn't seem to go across the chest. Anyone know what all the changes are, because I was told there are at least 10 changes to it and I can't tell what they are from the picture. Hopefully they got rid of those damn felt and velcro head straps...... Maybe they'll be at the expo and someone will get a peek....

i've used the berman and guedel in an ED...i always thought the berman was easier to suction around then the guedel...