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I ended up droping one class (story above^) and it is a lot less stress full.

 

Actually, depending where you are quite a few Paramedic Units (mobile life, Care 1, Regional (near me )) will hire EMT's and ocassionally some Vol. EMS corps. will hire EMT's for day crews, but you just gotta look around and see what options are open around you

 

Yup that has medic student written all over them.

 

Jelly...Only time I got to wear scrubs was in the OR (which was twice)....and one time I got puked on...

 

Lol

 

I get to wear ski pants, ski jacket, helmet, goggle, ski gloves, either my backpack or my rescue vest depending on how I feel. Not a medic, ski patroller. Not saying that ski patrol is like being an EMT or medic, but when you are back boarding someone with all that gear on it sure gets warm.

 

My dream. Did it in college for a season. Just wished it paid more

 

I love it, though I make just enough money to survive. It is by far the best job I ever had, also the hardest at points. I wish I could make a career out of it. Forgot to mention I am one of 3 paid patrollers at my mountain the others are all volunteer.

 

Yeah, we got two 8 hour OR rotations IIRC...maybe it was one...cant remember.

 

Same for us, two 8-hour

 

Yup all that in the OR

 

Those are some bad ass doctors at least at the trauma center I was at

 

*** Is it true that if you don't "use it" you might "loose it?" ***

 

Just started pharmacology and intravenous interventions. Woohoo advanced emt is going to be fun.

 

I wish my experience in the OR was that good. I had to deal with the same ego-ed up anesthesiologists who didn't want to bother with a student. I had one who actually taught me some shit...and got one tube there.

I had 3 total tubes in medic school...two in the OR, and one in the field on a 911 call.

You feel like a celebrity when you get a field tube around here...becuase with how developed we are here (transport times like 5 mins) intubations are few and far between. And in codes we use combitubes. The only reason why I got that tube was because the guy was GCS of 3, snoring respirations, and 25 minute transport time.

STUDY THEM DRUGS!!! Keep on top of them or you will get behind!

 

They got they asshole doctors there but for every one of those, their is a bad ass. After being at that hospital, made we wish I went to med school earlier in life.

 

Actually one of the doc's there has a sick 98 cruiser on 35s, Arb bumbers and a icon lift

 

The glide scope rocks!! Wished we had one in the field

 

Dear Dispatch,

There's nothing "Routine" about an 23:30 unscheduled transfer between municipalities.

 

Hahaahaa. Shooting myself in the foot for this but are last call was done at 1030. Gotta love 5 1/2 hours of sleep on the job