stcommodore

Just prepare yourself for a real challege and expect alot of frustration if you don't pass. If you need to retest a practical station it'll likely be a month until you can, and if you need to retest the CBT you'll likely spend a month reviewing text wondering what menial details you missed the first time.

hang yourself?

Some help and suggestions from those of you who recently passed would be really helpful to those who haven't yet and are considering going into the army rather then doing this test again.

Mini report via radio to incomming medic

"15 year old female possible syncopal after marching band show, vitals 110/80, hr of 90, we'll be at the entrance to the stadium"

they'll get more if they want it when they arrive. This specific one was followed by

"cancel the medic, mother refusing for the patient"

Only thing you have to complain about is the time to restest. Registry is unfair in the timeit takes you retest practical stations, I've had my time dragged out for months because of it. Give the rest of us pointers on how you passed the CBT to.

"failed" registry has me about defeated here

i was close to a panic attack the last 24 hours leading into my test I took this evening. I doubt I passed.

Restesting isn't as much of the battle as finding a testing site and retesting site is. Once you get in the loop of one testing site you end up having to go back there cause you can't get results back and get to another in time. It's really unfair to be stuck going through this process for months on end.

tell us more! I'm set to take it tomorrow night.

ya'll got some pretty complicated ways of saying things...

Unoffical Results were WRONG, wow isn't that excellent. Maybe the third time is a charm, but I really like everyone else in this posistion have issues with Registry and this "game"

Bucks County:

Ambulance Has squad number and carries a fourth number/its unit number depending on squads number of ambulances

Medic XXX (Denotes Transporting Unit) Numbers are in 100 Series

Ex. Medic 131, Ambulance would be 1311

BLS Units are denoted by there unit number only, so if the above Medic unit was BLS it would be "1311" or "Thirteen, Eleven" on radio.

Paramedic Responder Units would be "Medic 131R"

Delaware County:

Transporting Paramedic Unit: Medic 84-7, 7 designates it as a transporting unit. Other fire department units like an Engine would be 84-1, etc.

Responder Medic Unit: Medic 84

BLS Unit:84-7

Additonal Units:Medic 84-7A, 84-7A, or Medic 84A

CBT set for 11/6 1745hrs...

unoffically passed my single station retest...

I'll move into your station and be your 'live in medic' when I become a medic...

Last time I tested there was easily 65 people testing b,i and medic they did a great job getting that done to.

seems to be the policy of alot of sites not to do so...Concord or Bust pt.II comming 10/21

doesn't sound like an issue for public discussion. This is best left between you and the group and person you have the issue with.

What happend to simple

Respirations (yes.no)

Pulse (yes/no)

Mentation

....move to next patient

the preceptor should have set expectations and an outline to some degree of the progress his/her student would make.

example

Starting from day 1...introdution to each other and the service

day 2...BLS only first 20 calls (minus rare als skills being intubation/chest decompression)

phase 3...getting familar with ALS/operating as ALS

phase 4...operating with little assistance by preceptor

phase 5...independent operations, preceptors final shifts before 'being signed off'

Some people become preceptors because of any number of reasons, but the sad fact is many shouldn't because they lack the ability to actually teach and mentor. I had a rather long experence during my 'paramedic internship' and found that my preceptor(s) where as much teachers as they were mentors. In the 2-6 months you spend with them you spend alot of time with them and that can have alot to do with your sucess or lack there of.

exactly, the trauma service at Hershey Medical vs. Hospital of the University of Penn are both looked at the same regardless of location so why are we looking at EMS different?

Maybe this is a little extreme but do we have nurses that take some extra classes and can do chest tubes and central lines? No, probaby not. There are advanced nursing areas with masters and doctorate degrees but we still can't get our field to agree to an associates level education.

You can teach a monkey to do a skill but its knowing 'why' the skills is done that makes the difference. Having the ability to start an IV, a lock, maybe give NSS or D50 is the dangerous middle ground that gives patients half the care they should (lack of als) be getting or half the care they shouldn't be (emt overkill)

But yeah... I can think of several good reasons why your EMTs shouldn't be starting IVs. I bet you can too, if you're honest with yourself.

amen

Because the blurry line between EMT-B and Paramedic only causes confusion....Maybe its because I'm from a state that has no middle ground that gives me this view but I don't feel a need for the middle tier of care.