EMT Instructor gal

Here we have EMT-1 EMT-2 EMT-3 the paramedic. I work for a fire department and was a paramedic, but realized I love teaching so I teach high school kids at a technical prep school.. They get hands on experience while in high school to really see the industry and determine if it's a career they want to persue. Completion of the course gets them high school credit in science, college credit and they can test out for EMT-1 if 18 it's really neat! I love Alaska and have lived here all 25 years of life! I'm a baby! :-)

I love what I do!!

I currently teach in Alaska as part of a technical prep school.. It is for high school students who have the chance to go to the prep school part time and get real hands on skills and working knowledge of the industry to see if it is the field they want to persue. Being that they are high school kids, I get the typical lazy, unsure and disrespectful students. They have only 1 option in my class that I make very clear the first day; you will see things you can't unsee. You will deal with death and dismemberment ( you must learn very quickly to get over it!) if you act in a way that I feel is a harm to your future patients or a disgrace to the EMS profession, you will not test to be an EMT! Usually I lose a few students that way, but it helps weed out the ones I wouldn't want working on me or my family members anyways.. As an educator for the school district I have a curriculum I must follow along with the EMT guidelines for my state, so there is a lot of information and way beyond the 120hours required to test. My EMT experience was different and I still wish there was more to it! Better clarification on why, not so much what!

Anyways.. Sorry for rambling! I just love what I do and want to produce great, confident and professional future EMTs