summerdawn

Last week we had a MI patient that dispatch told us her husband would be outside the apartment complex waving us down.... they neglected to tell us he was BLIND!!!!!

Very good article. I picked up a few pointers that I had forgotten. You are never too old to learn!

I can relate to this.... Doing transports 99% of the time are boring and non challenging but 911 can also be boring at times too. If you are worried about burn out maybe you need to "rethink" your position in EMS. I mean some times you have to challenge your own brain. If I am doing a routine transfer I use the time to think, for example if I am doing a routine transfer from ED to SNF with a patient I think deeper into the patients history. Use it as a learning expirence and think of ways to treat the patient if it wasn't a routine transfer. Nothing beats a good MVC with lots of trauma though!!!!

The service I am employeed at we have a EMT Basic and Paramedic. The company does not allow two ALS providers on the same truck at the same time unless it is a transport with a critical patient then it is a two ALS providers and EMT. Its a money thing, the more money they save the more they like it.

So, here's my question for you people who have or currently are working EMS while going to school: how did you do it? Did you sacrifice time at work for school, or did you take online classes or did you just suffer a horrible schedule trying to juggle both? Also, if for anyone else here from Kansas, does anyone know about Fort Hays University's online classes?

It all depends on how bad you want it, sacrifice is part of life if you want something bad enough. When I was in school I worked also, every break I had at work my nose was stuck in a book. Every ball game my kids played in I had my book with me and studied while watching the games. I would fall asleep with a book in my hands at night. It all boils down to how much you want it and what you will do to get it. As far as the online classes go some people it works for some it does not.