Start my EMT course tomorrow

[keithy_19]

The orientation anyway. It's been something I've been wanting to do for awhile. All my brothers are EMTs and I'm joining the resuce squad in my town. Besides wanting to do it, I'm kind of a tad bit nervous going in.

Anyone an EMT? Been through the course?

[Kevin]

Its a rough job Keithy.

The hours are nuts.

Are you sure you can handle it?

[Chigworthy]

The orientation anyway. It's been something I've been wanting to do for awhile. All my brothers are EMTs and I'm joining the resuce squad in my town. Besides wanting to do it, I'm kind of a tad bit nervous going in.

Anyone an EMT? Been through the course?

Have you done a first responder course already? I plan on taking one soon.

And Kevin, you may be thinking of a Paramedic.

[keithy_19]

Its a rough job Keithy.

The hours are nuts.

Are you sure you can handle it?

Positive I can. My brother has a job with a transport company, which is probably what I'll end up doing. He's got those 12 hour days but the pay is good. And there's always a need for people in the medical field.

I also have felt kind of lost as of late and figured why not go and do something to help people. Volunteering in my town seemed like a good way. I hope to join the fire department in time as well.

[keithy_19]

Have you done a first responder course already? I plan on taking one soon.

And Kevin, you may be thinking of a Paramedic.

I have not. My biggest dive into the medical field was junior year of highschool where we had a CPR course for health.

[Kevin]

Have you done a first responder course already? I plan on taking one soon.

And Kevin, you may be thinking of a Paramedic.



Oh yea, My bad..

Good catch.

[weekapaugjz]

good luck keithy!

[keithy_19]

Oh yea, My bad..

Good catch.

My brother is going to be going through that training. It is a rough job.

[Kevin]

Best of luck Keithy

[keithy_19]

Best of luck Keithy

Thank you, sir.

[weekapaugjz]

good luck keithy!

Best of luck Keithy

Thank you, sir.

jerk.

[Kevin]

jerk.



NYC best of luck is worth much more than a Buffalo best of luck any day!

[keithy_19]

jerk.

I didn't even see that you posted that.

Thank you as well sir!

Let's go Bills!

[Jayw]

My old roomate became an EMT. Always told me about the dead babies and shit he would see. Intense.

[Death Metal Moe]

I'm an EMT. What state are you going to school in? Not sure if you're from Jersey or not, your status says you are.

I attended the Bergen county EMS Training Center, great program. Aint gonna lie to ya, wasn't always easy. Make sure whatever you do and where ever you go, KEEP UP ON THE READING. Do NOT fuck around with the material. It's what the course is about and if you expect to cram 5 chapters the night before a test you're fucked. You will fail out. Many, many, many people, people in my class I always worked with and trusted to do a good job on with hands on training flunked out left and right.

If you have any specific questions you can always PM me in here. I think you're family can answer MANY more questions than me, I just got my card in July. But if I can, PM me.

[Pitdoc]

8 yrs as a EMT-P in Ohio , and well worth it.
Lot of variety, and a sense of accomplishment
On the bad side ,once you pull someones face out of a windshield you're either in or out..

[keithy_19]

I'm an EMT. What state are you going to school in? Not sure if you're from Jersey or not, your status says you are.

I attended the Bergen county EMS Training Center, great program. Aint gonna lie to ya, wasn't always easy. Make sure whatever you do and where ever you go, KEEP UP ON THE READING. Do NOT fuck around with the material. It's what the course is about and if you expect to cram 5 chapters the night before a test you're fucked. You will fail out. Many, many, many people, people in my class I always worked with and trusted to do a good job on with hands on training flunked out left and right.

If you have any specific questions you can always PM me in here. I think you're family can answer MANY more questions than me, I just got my card in July. But if I can, PM me.

Thanks Moe. It's greatly appreciated. I heard from my bro that you do need to keep up on everything cause there's a lot to learn. I'm pretty good at retaining information and considering I'm devoting all my time to this course, I think I'll be ok. I think.

I'm in Union County and I've heard good things about this program as well. We shall see.

Thanks again.

[Death Metal Moe]

Thanks Moe. It's greatly appreciated. I heard from my bro that you do need to keep up on everything cause there's a lot to learn. I'm pretty good at retaining information and considering I'm devoting all my time to this course, I think I'll be ok. I think.

I'm in Union County and I've heard good things about this program as well. We shall see.

Thanks again.

Yea no problem, good luck. Again I'm new, I don't have any battle hardened stories to share with you yet. I do like helping people out when they need it most, it does feel rewarding because of that so far. Everyone I've worked with have been very nice and answered all my questions. Don't be afraid to ask them.

Good luck.

[Death Metal Moe]

Oh, and don't get discouraged when it takes NJ a month or two to get you your final exam results. It's a long, torturous wait. I knew I passed the test by the way I felt when I left the exam room but the wait fucking sucked. I couldn't apply anywhere without the card, of course.

Thanks NJ for taking a month to pass a scantron type sheet through a machine.

[JimBeam]

Good luck.

[Misteriosa]

good luck, keithy. i hope the classes go well for you.

[keithy_19]

8 yrs as a EMT-P in Ohio , and well worth it.
Lot of variety, and a sense of accomplishment
On the bad side ,once you pull someones face out of a windshield you're either in or out..

My brothers have told me some horror stories. Their training was really good, though, so they said it just kicked in when they went to the scene. But still, you need to be a certain person to be able to handle that.

Today was absolutely pointless. I show up 20 minutes early and soon there are five of us in the room. We wait. And wait. And wait. And after an hour figure we should see what's up. Apparently the instructor went on vacation and someone else was supposed to show and didn't. The lady at admissions took our names down to let them know we came to the mandatory intro class, and apologized a whole lot.

[Death Metal Moe]

Hmmm, that wouldn't fill be with a great deal of confidence in the school. Is this the school your brothers went to? Do you know you can depend on them to give you a good education? Because that's some bullshit right there.

[Kevin]

Hmmm, that wouldn't fill be with a great deal of confidence in the school. Is this the school your brothers went to? Do you know you can depend on them to give you a good education? Because that's some bullshit right there.



Thats some good ol NYC Public School shit right there... Uhhhh hummmn...

[keithy_19]

Hmmm, that wouldn't fill be with a great deal of confidence in the school. Is this the school your brothers went to? Do you know you can depend on them to give you a good education? Because that's some bullshit right there.

It is. I don't know if it's the same instructor.

[Death Metal Moe]

It is. I don't know if it's the same instructor.

How big is the school? I think my night class started out at about 250 to 300 people broken down into about 20 homerooms. It REALLY sucked at 1st but after some of the people started to flunk out or just plain leave things got a little more manageable. Sounds like you're saying there's 1 instructor?

[RoseBlood]

Oh, and don't get discouraged when it takes NJ a month or two to get you your final exam results. It's a long, torturous wait. I knew I passed the test by the way I felt when I left the exam room but the wait fucking sucked. I couldn't apply anywhere without the card, of course.

Thanks NJ for taking a month to pass a scantron type sheet through a machine.

Wow, really?

My NY SW license exam was on the computer, so I got my results right away.

NJ FTW!!! :laugh:

Good Luck Keithy!

[Death Metal Moe]

Wow, really?

My NY SW license exam was on the computer, so I got my results right away.

NJ FTW!!! :laugh:

Good Luck Keithy!

The people at the school even warn you not to call the place that grades them to see what's going on. If you do, they are rumored to put your exam at the bottom of whatever current work load they have waiting to get done. I took everyone of my Module exams at the school, took my scantron outside and knew I passed right there. Even their mock final they make you pass in order to be allowed to take the state certification exam. Then you take the 1 exam that counts and NJ takes over a fucking month. But what else could you expect from the state?

How's it going Keith? Did you officially start yet? If I were you, I'd at least skim the upcoming chapters before going to hear lectures on them. It really helps. And if you school uses a workbook like mine did, keep up on that too. It was an excellent review.

[spoon]

Moe, how does an RV EMT work?!

:tongue:

I need a diesel fuel pump STAT!

[Death Metal Moe]

Moe, how does an RV EMT work?!

:tongue:

I need a diesel fuel pump STAT!

Ugh, please don't even joke. I'm getting flashbacks of having to help people fix plumbing problems and staying on top of mid-west RV companies that take months, literally months, to get people parts.

It is a world I'm very glad to be out of.

So Keithy, if the EMT thing doesn't pan out, I can assure you that the RV industry sucks a thick cock, so stay out if that.

[spoon]

I'm sure that crowd didn't mind the wait! How many people died while parts were in transit!?

And yes, this joke doubles as a diabetes joke for Ryno and his camper!

[keithy_19]

My course starts on the 11th. I haven't gotten the book yet, but I'll do that very soon and I'll lightly read through some of the first chapters to give me a little bit of knowledge going in.

And thanks Roseblood!

[keithy_19]

I'm having a bi-polar relationship with this course.

[keithy_19]

How long do CPR classes take?

[keithy_19]

I ask because I've read most often that it takes 2-3 hours. But I read somewhere else that it takes 7 which seems a little much. Any in put would be great€.

[PapaBear]

I haven't taken it since the mid 1980's, but it definitely wasn't any more than 2 to 3 hours back then. I can't imagine that they would have come up with another 5 hours of new stuff since then.

[keithy_19]

I haven't taken it since the mid 1980's, but it definitely wasn't any more than 2 to 3 hours back then. I can't imagine that they would have come up with another 5 hours of new stuff since then.

My class tomorrow is listed as 9-4. So a 7 hour day. I'll take away a gracious break of an hour to knock it down to 6. But still. I cannot see how it could possibly go over 5 hours. And 5 is even pushing it.

[PapaBear]

Mine was just for the Red Cross certification that we did in high school. Maybe it's much more intense for EMT status. It might include training on portable defibrillators or something. They didn't have such fancy stuff back then.

[Kevin]

Mine was just for the Red Cross certification that we did in high school. Maybe it's much more intense for EMT status. It might include training on portable defibrillators or something. They didn't have such fancy stuff back then.



They gave them a shot of whiskey before doing surgery back then right?

[Death Metal Moe]

My 1st class was a weekend class where they taught you all about CPR then gave you your certification test. It's actually a decent amount of info. I'd bet most of it is hands on class with a little lecture, then review, then your cert test.

You may be thinking of re-cert courses only being a few hours. They're shorter because they are kinda counting on you having in field experience to drawn upon and you really only need a refresher. The initial one is longer.

Pay attention, especially to the pediatric since you don't do it as often.

[smiler grogan]

My initial cpr-aed course was about 7hrs. This was just adult not kid or infant thats an additional couple of hours. I just re upped my cert. and that was 3-4 hrs.

[Chigworthy]

I got my red cross cert in 2006, and it was normally a 8-hour course, but because there were only four of us, we blasted it out in 4.

[keithy_19]

I just had an 'oh fuck' moment. This isn't what I want to be doing.

Yes the course is at times challenging and it's a lot of info to take in(but I can handle it), but I just don't want to be an EMT. I like helping people, but I guess not in the medical sense.

Fuck.

[TooLowBrow]

I just had an 'oh fuck' moment. This isn't what I want to be doing.

Yes the course is at times challenging and it's a lot of info to take in(but I can handle it), but I just don't want to be an EMT. I like helping people, but I guess not in the medical sense.

Fuck.

haha. i was an emt once. when i passed the test i knew i didnt want to do it. at least you know ahead of time

[keithy_19]

haha. i was an emt once. when i passed the test i knew i didnt want to do it. at least you know ahead of time

It just sucks cause I signed up through my rescue squad. So I'll have to front the bill (620 bucks) for the course. My brothers are both on the squad (the one being a lieutenant) so I kind of feel like I'm making them look bad. But that's jsut me being stupid.

I should have known too, when I was young I was deathly afraid of blood and hospitals and needles and all of that stuff. Then I got older and I got a disease that made me spend a week in the hospital and makes me inject myself every single day (probably for the rest of my life). So I felt tougher.

And then just casually they show you slide of a guys hand hanging on by a strand of skin and blood everywhere and you realize you don't want to be around that.

I guess it's better knowing now rather than when I'm on a call for a MVA with ejections.

I only joined because I felt like I should help people and I have no idea what I'm doing with my life and need to figure out a job that offers benefits and provides a living. I just found out that this isn't good for me.

[Death Metal Moe]

Dude, you're dropping out of EMT school already?

You don't seem to want to do anything, how can you be so fucking sure you don't want to be an EMT? Is going to class stopping you from doing anything in your life? I'd get the Cert and go from there if I were you.

But whatever bro. It's your life.

[keithy_19]

Dude, you're dropping out of EMT school already?

You don't seem to want to do anything, how can you be so fucking sure you don't want to be an EMT? Is going to class stopping you from doing anything in your life? I'd get the Cert and go from there if I were you.

But whatever bro. It's your life.

I'm going tomorrow and I'm going to finish the course and get certified. I told my local squad I was going to become an EMT and I was going to ride with them, so I'm not going to fuck them over.

Tomorrow we have our airway exam. So, all the fun with BSI, scene safety, NOI or MOI, number of patients, additional help, c-spine, ABC'. And then the actual airway stuff, like using the BVM and nasal cannula and FROP-VD.

I know what I'm doing, but I feel kind of out of my element cause it seems everyone in the class besides me has been riding with a squad or have some kind of training before this. But fuck it. I'll do it.

[PapaBear]

I'm going tomorrow and I'm going to finish the course and get certified. I told my local squad I was going to become an EMT and I was going to ride with them, so I'm not going to fuck them over.

Tomorrow we have our airway exam. So, all the fun with BSI, scene safety, NOI or MOI, number of patients, additional help, c-spine, ABC'. And then the actual airway stuff, like using the BVM and nasal cannula and FROP-VD.

I know what I'm doing, but I feel kind of out of my element cause it seems everyone in the class besides me has been riding with a squad or have some kind of training before this. But fuck it. I'll do it.
That's awesome, Keithy! Don't give up. :clap:

[TooLowBrow]

I'm going tomorrow and I'm going to finish the course and get certified. I told my local squad I was going to become an EMT and I was going to ride with them, so I'm not going to fuck them over.

Tomorrow we have our airway exam. So, all the fun with BSI, scene safety, NOI or MOI, number of patients, additional help, c-spine, ABC'. And then the actual airway stuff, like using the BVM and nasal cannula and FROP-VD.

I know what I'm doing, but I feel kind of out of my element cause it seems everyone in the class besides me has been riding with a squad or have some kind of training before this. But fuck it. I'll do it.

do your best. its not that hard its really just repetition through the testing stages. i didnt get squeemish til i had to put in hours in an ER as part of the course. i still got through it i just knew for sure then i didnt like it.

[keithy_19]

do your best. its not that hard its really just repetition through the testing stages. i didnt get squeemish til i had to put in hours in an ER as part of the course. i still got through it i just knew for sure then i didnt like it.

If I mess up on something tomorrow I can make it up at a late date. I'm a little shakey when it comes to working with the oxygen tanks, but that's mostly because I haven't had as much time with them as I would like. I know enough not to cause the room to explode which is good.

And the ER portion should be a blast..I remember my brothers saying that when they took it they didn't really do much, but just observed. Which is a good thing, I think.

[keithy_19]

I also guess the prospect of failing the course fucks with me because all of my brothers did it and they're fine with it. And thinking about it now, the worst thing that could happen is that I fail the course. And in the scheme of life that doesn't mean all that much.

Or I complete the course and get certified and find out it isn't for me when I start riding with my rescue squad. So I can leave the squad and just have something that looks good on a resume.

[Death Metal Moe]

Glad to hear it. You, or someone, paid for the course. Finish it and get the cert. It doesn't mean you're married to EMS at all. It's another thing you can use to get work.

Good luck. It may work out to be very rewarding. If not, it's another thing you tried trying to find out exactly what you do want to do. But the knowledge and experience is a good thing.

[Chigworthy]

What Moe said. Having the cert will look good on any job application. I'm sure even bounty killers that have EMT are chosen over those that don't.

[keithy_19]

Today we got to the trauma part of the course. All about bleeding and shock. I was doing find with the blood aspect of everything but then we talked about nose bleeds and a slide was shown of a guy with his entire shirt soaked in blood and his arms covered in it. I felt queasy and light headed and started to sweat.

But I know that trauma calls with lots of blood loss are fairly rare in a small town. I'm starting to force myself to look at pictures of traumas where there is a lot of bloood and bones and all that stuff to desensitize myself.

[TiknoZero]

Not sure if you have the same book I used when I got my cert back last year (Brady 11th edition IIRC), but there was, as I recall, a pic of an avulsed penis in it. Try that to test your stomach!!! =P

Seriously though, I hope the course is going good for you. I have been in EMS off & on for 15 years & love it. I am looking into medic school ATM. Just read the book & do the tests. They are very similar to the actual exam. =)

[Death Metal Moe]

To tell you the truth, after they explain a lot of the body structures, processes and theories behind the techniques most of the stuff we do is very, very common sense preventative measure.

[torker]

I'm starting to force myself to look at pictures of traumas where there is a lot of bloood and bones and all that stuff to desensitize myself.

http://images.auctionworks.com/hi/66/65574/anal_eaze_no_box_pd9804-62_anal_eaze1.jpg

[StanUpshaw]

I'm starting to force myself to look at pictures of traumas where there is a lot of bloood and bones and all that stuff to desensitize myself.

Why dick around with pictures when you can watch video??

Here ya go buddy: http://theync.com/

[keithy_19]

To tell you the truth, after they explain a lot of the body structures, processes and theories behind the techniques most of the stuff we do is very, very common sense preventative measure.

I know my book is by Brady and I know they do show a disected penis. Interestingly enough, while I don't like looking at the disection pictures, I'm getting better at it. The one instructor had to skip through them because they bothered him. At the same time, he's a fire fighter and used a turnicate to stop the bleeding of a guys mangled foot after a motorcycle accident. Weird how people are.

They showed us some more trauma photos and burn videos and it didn't phase me. It may have just been a bad day.

The only think that bothers me still is the pulsing/squirting blood. But as someone stated before, the body is just a machine and the blood is the oil. Think like a machine and it'll be fine.

I'm so much more confident in the class and have been passing everything. It is all common sense. Things follow a basic order. And if something is more life threatening well, fuck the other stuff and fix that and then go back.

After I see how I do with this (I'm positive I will pass the test to become ceritified) I may be looking into going through the fire academy as well. I'm trying to build up my body mass a it is, and I'll need it even more for the fire side of EMS. But hell, I'd take much pride going into those burnings, whether I get credit it or not.

I figure I got a shitty deal early in life, well, let's make things less shitty for other people.

Wow. What a difference a month made. Thanks for the encouragement to get me to stay. And hell, I met a cute girl who I may be getting a drink with sometime soon. So there's that too.

:smile:

[keithy_19]

Not sure if you have the same book I used when I got my cert back last year (Brady 11th edition IIRC), but there was, as I recall, a pic of an avulsed penis in it. Try that to test your stomach!!! =P

Seriously though, I hope the course is going good for you. I have been in EMS off & on for 15 years & love it. I am looking into medic school ATM. Just read the book & do the tests. They are very similar to the actual exam. =)

My brother has been on the squad in my town for oer five years. He tried to get on a department but alas it didn't work out. Instead he because a ER Tech at Overlook. He had been there for awhile, basically doing something thats nurses would do as well if they were. as they usually were, overbooked. Now he's riding full time in North Plainfield on the ems side of the force, though he does fight fires occasionally as well.

I saw an ambulance at the top of my street earlier today on my way to work and it felt kind of nice to know exactly what to do witht he given situation. The training really does just kind of kick it,

[Death Metal Moe]

What they are doing is making the EMT course a "job" for you. It may sound cold, but it seems a lot of the time you kinda need to shut off some of the emotion you may attach to things and just attack them as a job to get you through.

You're not thinking "Oh shit, this guy's never gonna walk again, I could never imagine not having the use of my legs." You're thinking "General Impression: Man in his mid 30's, Multiple fractures on both legs, unconscious, still breathing, minor bleeding, mechanism of injury was car striking this man. Go from there."

Of course we try to help the person through it both physically and emotionally but it's my opinion that they kinda set it up as a job you have to do and that really helped take a lot of the "freak out" stuff out of the equation. You have signs and symptoms and then you have remedies for those signs and symptoms. Sometimes the ONLY remedy is rapid transport but that's still a remedy of sorts.

Glad to hear you sound a lot more confident with the program. You'll do fine.

Just some advice: I've only been am EMT for like 4 months now but the worst thing I see is people who have lost compassion for their patients. Try not to lose that and try your best not to get burnt out early. I see people who have an EMT job somewhere and they volunteer on the Fire and 1st Aid Squad and they're trying to spend time with their significant other and spend time with their kids and do this and do that...

Don't take on too much at once. If you're pulling squad duty for 24 hours, then going to a transport job, then on your only other day off you're going to sleep at 8am to get up at 1pm to go do stuff and then it's back to the same grind, you're gonna start to hate it and more importantly you're gonna start to resent the people who need your help the most.

Don't let that happen.

[TiknoZero]

Moe is correct. You have to remember the "patient advocate" side of the job. You're there to help the patient. I have seen many people in my years who got into it to see the "cool stuff." I take a lot of ribs from people because I take patient care so seriously, but it is what I signed up to do. I hate seeing car crashes & whatnot, but I am able to handle it.

As I recall (I took the NJ course in 96, when I recertified last year I went through Pa.) you have to do like 10 hours of ER time. You should see if your bro can get you on for a ride along. You'll see how it is on the street then.

[Death Metal Moe]

Moe is correct. You have to remember the "patient advocate" side of the job. You're there to help the patient. I have seen many people in my years who got into it to see the "cool stuff." I take a lot of ribs from people because I take patient care so seriously, but it is what I signed up to do. I hate seeing car crashes & whatnot, but I am able to handle it.

As I recall (I took the NJ course in 96, when I recertified last year I went through Pa.) you have to do like 10 hours of ER time. You should see if your bro can get you on for a ride along. You'll see how it is on the street then.

I really don't like those people that get into it for the blood and gore crap. I'm pretty sure that once they see it up close instead of on the TV they aren't as impressed either. Maybe some of the sicker ones are.

In my class one of the 1st lectures they gave us was "If you're in this for the blood, guts and glory you're probably going to be disappointed. We do a lot of transports." There is no less "glory" in that in my humble opinion but the wackers were probably pissed. Helping someone out in one of their most sensitive times of need is a very important thing. Just because you didn't do a 45 minute extraction before hand doesn't make it any less important.

And yes, patient care is probably the most important part of the job. Watch the patient. If they're cold, cover them. If they're going to vomit get them something to vomit into or tip the backboard if they're strapped down. If they're in pain try to adjust their position, loosen clothing, etc. to make them feel better.

One thing I took to heart and always follow is "Don't lie to your patient." Life is uncertain. I don't know if you're going to be OK, but ya know what, I'm gonna do everything within my power to care for you and everything I can to get you to the further care you're in need of. I'm not a doctor and I don't try to play one with the patients, ever. We are taking you to the hospital for a combination of reasons. Signs and symptoms lead us to transport you and you're going where they can help you but I can't tell you anything for sure. Everyone is different so I'm not even going to tell you what happened to 100 people before you with the same symptoms because it could be completely different.

Just pay attention, read the book and listen to your instructors.

[TiknoZero]

The best whackers are those who work transport but think they are 9-1-1. I have MUCH fun at their expense!!! =P

[keithy_19]

Passed the class. Now I have to sure up my hospital time and register for the state exam.

:smile:

[Jujubees2]

Passed the class. Now I have to sure up my hospital time and register for the state exam.

:smile:

Congrats budday!

[keithy_19]

Congrats budday!

Thank you, sir!

[Death Metal Moe]

Good job. So you completed their curriculum and they signed off on all your skills. Im surprised they let you do your hospital time after the fact, my place made sure you had it done before hand. Do they offer ride time? I thought you said your family had EMTs in it, I'm sure they could get your ride time. But whatever, Good Job on finishing.

The exam is not hard, if you paid attention and read your book. I'm sure you'll do fine. Take the last few days before the exam and study a couple chapters a night. Try to review the whole thing before the test.

Then get out there and get a job.

[keithy_19]

Good job. So you completed their curriculum and they signed off on all your skills. Im surprised they let you do your hospital time after the fact, my place made sure you had it done before hand. Do they offer ride time? I thought you said your family had EMTs in it, I'm sure they could get your ride time. But whatever, Good Job on finishing.

The exam is not hard, if you paid attention and read your book. I'm sure you'll do fine. Take the last few days before the exam and study a couple chapters a night. Try to review the whole thing before the test.

Then get out there and get a job.

Things with the primary hospital used in association with the course got messed up. So after today we have 120 days to do our time. So that's nice I guess.

[Death Metal Moe]

Yea that's plenty of time. Ask around and try to pick a hospital that's active so you see skills being done. I didn't know the hospitals my school partnered with and I ended up picking one that was more of a neighborhood hospital with no trauma or activity for hours.

Right at the end of my time a man in full cardiac arrest from Anaphylaxis came in so I was able to watch them work on him. Unfortunately, he didn't make it.

[keithy_19]

Yea that's plenty of time. Ask around and try to pick a hospital that's active so you see skills being done. I didn't know the hospitals my school partnered with and I ended up picking one that was more of a neighborhood hospital with no trauma or activity for hours.

Right at the end of my time a man in full cardiac arrest from Anaphylaxis came in so I was able to watch them work on him. Unfortunately, he didn't make it.

Some people who already got their time in at the hospital I'll be going to had a patient come in already blue. The nurses let them do CPR for awhile to get a feel for what it really feels like.

[Contra]

Some people who already got their time in at the hospital I'll be going to had a patient come in already blue. The nurses let them do CPR for awhile to get a feel for what it really feels like.

Creepy

Good luck buddy!

[keithy_19]

Creepy

Good luck buddy!

Pretty much. I wouldn't mind to have a situation like that, though. I don't want anyone to die around me or be around dead people, but in a job where you're going to encounter it I'd rather deal with it early and get "used" to it.