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  1. I don't mean to change the subject or anything, but the area that I'm in doesn't allow you to attend medic school until you have at least 6 mos. field experience or the equivalent of 1000 hours, and then you have to pass a written and oral interview just to be accepted into the course. Now I know that there is a great demand for medics nowadays, but from my perspective it's not as easy as the above line seems to state. As for your question, I agree with Dust on the rest of it. You should weigh the pros and cons of everything else, and not just the wages or the drive. Good luck out there and stay safe!
  2. Thanks for all of the great advice guys... all I can say is that it will definetley be put to good use, and that you all rock hard-core for helping me out. It'll be hard to get out of the "kick myself in the arse" everytime you mess up mindset, but I'm working on it. I notice that it's a lot easier to stay calm when we go on a call, and that I can do a few things right lol. Hey, I'm still learning RIGHT? There were clinical rotations and shift rotations when I went through school, and they were both very helpful when I was still wondering if this is what I wanted to do. Again, thank you everyone for all of the great advice and the personal stories lol, they help me to realize that I'm not the only one who started out in this position. Now if I could just figure out how to handle that gurney...
  3. Alright guys... I know it's been a while since my last post. Actually I've only ever posted once, but there's a reason for that. It's a bit of a story... and I feel that I need to tell it so that the rest of my post might make a little more sense. Please just bear with me if you will... Well, it all started when I got the results from the national registry. As whomever may have read my last post might know, I passed. I thought that I had it all laid out from that point on. Finding a job was going to be easy, becuase everyone needs an EMT and there were only a few other people in my class and there were only a fraction of them wanted the same job that I did! Man I thought that I had an instant career starter on my hands... so I applied for a job with my not so local ambulance company, swearing I'd be hired in no time. Well seven months and one interview later, I was still working my crappy retail job. I had all but given up hope on ever putting all of my hard work to good use... and then I got a phone call. Long story short, I now work as an EMT. I went through orientation and the evoc course. Everything pretty much went off without a hitch. Then I started working. My first night in the field I was extremely nervous, and I ended up with a tension headache that would not quit. Luckily I'm working with a Field Training Officer and all I had to do that night was watch. So here's my problem. Every other night that I've been out there, I've been told to take BP's and a few other simple things... and I just can't for some reason. It all culminated when we responded to an assault and I was told to get the straps on a backboard ready, and I couldn't remember how the hell to do it! Pardon my language please, but it's just so frustrating to be out there with everyone's expectations on you, and then you fail them all. What's worse is that if I hadn't had the FTO there to help me out, it would have been a real mess as I would have screwed everyone on it. All I'm asking for with this incredibly longwinded tale is some help. Any advice that you could offer would be a HUGE help, as I'm starting to second guess myself with most of my abilities. I've only been out in the field for about a week, and while I'm still looking forward to going out there and helping people I'm also starting to dread it all together because I don't want to mess up again. Thanks in advance everyone, and I look forward to reading some of your answers...
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