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wow good for you. i am taking bupropion. i was doing good than relapsed. but keeping at it . i quit for a year and a half last time i took it. i have a prescription for chantix but heard ppl committing suicide from it. so i passed on that one.

well im sure the nremt p is going to be a lot harder than basic. for me the nremt b was tough. but there were some questions that repeated. just asked in a different way so that helped. i just kept in mind to always start with the abc's. good luck

congrats.... yeah i took my nremt b exam and yes i found out that pearson is very tight security as well. very pleasant ppl my i add. i took it fri evening and still waiting for my results. i found it a lot tougher than the states. there were questions about cylinder sizes. which i didn't remember learing in school. my test shut off at 105 questions just hope i passed.

just got my results and i passed

thats great you're coming out of the military and plan on going to medic school

and im thinking of joing the military ( guard) to get money to go to medic school

congrats.... yeah i took my nremt b exam and yes i found out that pearson is very tight security as well. very pleasant ppl my i add. i took it fri evening and still waiting for my results. i found it a lot tougher than the states. there were questions about cylinder sizes. which i didn't remember learing in school. my test shut off at 105 questions just hope i passed.

Actually it is. Experience is gained from every call. from the holy crap call to the BS taxi ride...

every little thing helps...

i agree with djmedic, every call you gain experience. may just be a little but it's something.

first of all, this discussion is about working for philly fire rescue. which i do know about. secondly i am not trying to say that all philly cops are " hardcore" as you put it. i do on the other hand believe that a police officer in a large city is going to have more experience and deal with more " drama" than somebody in a small town or suburb. as far as the tv show cops i really don't watch the program. i am not saying that there are no overweight cops here.and also i am not going to say that there are not any overweight firefighters. how many philly cops and f.f. have you met and discussed their calls. i live in the city and work in the city i see alot. some of my friends/ are on the p.p.d. and some are on the p.f.d. so i listen to their stories and tell them what i have seen as well.

so until you live here or talk to those men and woman on the job, which i do on a regular basis you have no right saying they they don't do a lot of work or put up with some bull. i am not trying to take away from your prior career, but like i said before i lived in a small town for a few years and they honestly did not put up with even 2% of what the ppd puts up with.

as far as a suspect being a suspect, is true to some degree if you are referring to treating every call the same no matter where you are, from what i have been told by cops. it depends on the location and degree of crime. what i am referring to is, lets say cops come to a house in a bad area for disturbance call. 95 %of the time they are going to have their guns out. where if cops get the same call in a decent/ upper class area they are less likely. again this is what i have been told.

so you are saying that what you have watched on the tv show cops is how you judge the ppd.? i think the last time they filmed an episode here was in the early 90s haha. times change and not for the good. plus there is a lot of editing going on.haha you're funny. do you have any idea how many kids are carring guns now . and it not even just the kids. right now there is an opperation going on here where the ppd team up with 17 different federal and state agencies and go out to certain areas and do bust. so you can't judge something today what you seen on cops years ago.

dust " here" has a lot to do with it. i have no idea where you are from or where you were a cop. but i am gathering it wasn't a big city like the size of phila. pa. i could be wrong like i said i don't know where you were a police officer. i lived in a very small town for a few years where there was about 10 cops where the most they have seen was a bar fight or car accident. but the most of my time here on earth i have and currently live in the city of phila, pa. where cops are dying left and right. where they are being assaulted, shot at, having to physical fight the suspect who is high on God knows what and out weights the p.o by 75 100 lbs. trying to get the cops gun to kill him/her. yes firefighters do have to carry a lot of weight from equipment but to say philly cops don't have hard work mentally, emotionally and physically is nuts. you can not say all cops nationwide don't do hard work. you still didn't answer my question i asked earlier have you ever lived in philadelphia and seen what the cops here go through on a daily basis? and yes i have seen firefighters close to 300 lbs.

yes mike i did read the opening post thats why i responded. and no you are not a firefighter just because you do 6 wks. you are a medic within the firedept. they are two differnt unions. a firefighter is an emt b , but a medic is not a firefighter

http://www.phila.gov/fire/about/about_empl..._paramedic.html

i know ppl that are philly fire medics as well and not once did they say that they are firefighters why? because they are not. they are paramedics within the fire dept. the medic program in the fire dept is 6 wks while the fireman program is i believe 16wks. they might learn a little about fighting fires in the 6 wks but that doesnt mean that they are firefighters. i took a class in that talked a little bit of nutrition i don't call myself a nutritionist. every firefighter that goes through pfd academy becomes and emt b though that's the first 6 wks of the academy. there are firefighters sometimes on the ambulances doing a rotations because there is a shortage of medics in the pfd. but they either 1. drive or 2. on a bls ambulance. yes they do get a lot of b.s calls and do run their butts off. oh and thanks for calling my city which you don't live in a dump.

hello everyone

i need some help

i was at the docs in philly and a nurse who was a philly cop wanted to know if she wanted to be a philly emt did she have to be a fire fighter too? i told her i had no clue but look into it for her. im from nj (hold the laughs) so i have no clue how philly works but i thought id get some help here.

shes a nurse in a docs office was a philly cop now wants to be an emt. so if anyone can help me help her thank you!!!

everyone have a great weekend (not before you help me of course hahha)

be careful and enjoy!

2wheelie

dust , i REALLY hope you are kidding about being a cop is not hard work. esp in philly. have you ever lived here? and no im not talking about a day or weekend trip either. NO she does not have to be a firefighter to run with philly fire rescue. here are the steps. she would have to go to emt b school. the two main emt b schools here are jeffstat ( which i recomend) and star tech. after the completion of the course she then goes to paramedic school . jeffstat again is better from what i have heard and cheaper than star tech . jeffstat medic program is about 12,000 while star is around 25,000. during that time she would do ride alongs with philly fire rescue for i think 3 months. after completing the medic program she then applies with the fire dept. and does their ems program. after that then she's in. but like dust said, right now i am 99.9 % sure there is a hiring freeze. but from start to finish ( basic to medic ) it will prob take about a year and a half or less. emt b is about 8 wks the medic program is around 11 months. but the medic program is only offered once a year. so it depends on when she finishes basic. during that time in btwn. more than likely she would run with a transporting company. although some companies that do als will hire a basic right out of school.

p.a. doesn't and i think jersey doesn't either ....

i have to say when i drive the ambulance i drive slower than most of my co-workers. once in a blue moon i may go over by 5 mph if and only if i don't have a pt in the back. i ve seen some drivers in the ambulance drive over medians and then i asked what the hell are you doing there response don't worry about it were are in an ambulance.... to me that's b.s.

hahaaha at island emt

spenec, thats the problem im a male and so is my doctor.

has anyone seen this : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snpc21XjUG4 im not a fan of cnn im more fox news but this is nuts.

i don't know if this counts or not but i have never had a doctor put the stethoscope on my skin always on my undershirt.

yeah , i dont have any vacation time yet my current job starts giving vacation time after a year so i got about 4 more months to go i do appreciate your advice and everyone else's

just an update: i gave my resume to my co-worker and he is going to give to the h.r. dept. i figure why not, if they call me in for an interview, excellent and go from there. If they don't call me in, well they're not the only hospital and there are plenty of different avenues to go down.

dust sorry for the misunderstanding. i would loose my health insurrance from my current transporting company im not to sure if the hospital gives insurrance to pt or only ft employees something i have to ask.also i would go to medic school not nursing. and as fire mentioned above i have to do what is best for me. what is going to take me to the next level. my co worker said basically what i would do at the hospital is assist nurses, cpr , take vitals, transport pts to different floors. learn how to to iv's and and take blood. and hook pts up to heart monitors. he also mentioned that would get paid while in training ( one week). i feel like i have to make a move , my skills are slipping away since dialysis trips are 99 percent of what i do. just don't want to burn bridges or seem unappreciative to my current boss esp since i just got a raise i was even thinking of working 40 hrs transporting and 20 hours at hospital to start to even see if i like the hospital setting. i would be considered part time at the transporting company since i would have a second job. but still have my foot in the door incase the hospital doesn't work out.

thanks fire, i would love to work for philly fire rescue. which i know means going to medic school. i just saw an ad for frankford hospital to work up at sesame place. i think i might go for it. sometimes i just feel like i " can't " screw over my employer esp since i just got a raise. but i got to train myself to stop being " nice" and do what i want to do which is 911 and stop thinking i don't want to hurt others feelings. does that make sense.

hello,

I would like to get some advice/ opinions about a new job opportunity. first a little back round on me. I am an EMT -B working for a private company doing transporting ( non 911) mostly to and from dialysis but do some runs to the e.r. my boss and co-workers are great ( like a little family we are). A co-worker came up to me yesterday and asked if i wanted to work in the hospital where he works as an emt b in the stroke ward. like any opportunity there are pro s and cons .

first the pros : no stair chair. 401 k, more experience, partial pay of tuition ( medic or nursing school).

cons: hour drive each way. my current boss will demote me to part time even if i work 40 hours there,which means i loose health insurrance. less time in ambulance ( where i love being).

I m also weary of it not working out then do i go back to my current employer and beg to make me full time again. i know above i said my boss is great, but my boss is also strict. I also know if you get to comfortable you'll never grow. before this i was looking into vol one day a week with a 911 company to get experience. i love being in the ambulance, but a 401k would be excellent. My co worker said he brings home about 100 to 150 more a week working full time there then i do working full time at my current job. any ideas or suggestions i would appreciate thank you.

darn i wish i was a flight medic.

i agree pats and gino's overated.... i personally like jims or i found a new place at 16th and dauphin. little corner store. 2.75 for a chicken cheese stk. not bad and i like to see others react when i enter cause im white. but all joking aside i would of kept the food in the front and if it goes cold then it goes cold.

i would treat him/her. i would treat anyone that needs help no matter what. but.... i sure im going to get heat from this , i would also make a note to tell the receiving staff that he or she is an illegal IF i know for sure the pt is an illegal. i would have to be 100 percent sure and not just think the pt is.

i think the pt should be immobilized . the pt may have damage and just doesn't feel it at that time. better to be safe than sorry.