nremt3138 Posted August 31, 2006 Posted August 31, 2006 Wow, I feel like Rocky climbing the steps!! What a great inspiration. I start Paramedic class next Wednesday. I have been an EMT for 3 years and I'm ready to step up and do more. I'm a little nervous but I'll make it. I know I'm smart enough (I got accepted in the program!!) and I know why I'm doing this. In the past 3 years, I have helped so many people and it feels so good when they appreciate it. Even when they don't, I still feel good about what I've done. Thanks for these posts. They have inspired me even more to do the very best I can every day. Susan
Thunderchild145 Posted September 6, 2006 Posted September 6, 2006 I just started medic school 4 weeks ago. It's difficult, but I'd be lieing if I said I didn't expect that. Thanks for all the advice.
FIREEMS92 Posted September 7, 2006 Posted September 7, 2006 Thank you guys for the post, i can't wait till my paramedic class in 2 weeks
Katiebug Posted September 9, 2006 Posted September 9, 2006 I start paramedic class in the morning. I've got the same emotions I had the day I got married. Hopefully this profession will be better to me than my wife was. Thanks for the encouraging words.
Asysin2leads Posted September 9, 2006 Posted September 9, 2006 Wow, glad to hear everyone liked my post. My clinical instructor who told me that was true to his word, I should add. The day we passed our finals and were certified, rather than have any sort of fancy graduation, did something much more meaningful. He and all of the paramedic instructors who had kicked the crap out of us all year took us to the local bar and bought us all lunch and a few drinks, laughed and joked with us, and treated us as equals. It was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. 1
ERDoc Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 Having the similar topics section at the bottom has brought back some old and interesting past topics. I came across this one and thought it might be useful to bring it back from the dead after 4 years so that our new medic students can learn from it. I don't really have much to add to the thread excect, wear...sunscreen. 1
Kaisu Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 You have to be a great EMT before you can be a good medic. Really? Now why would that be? 1
TylerHastings Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 Not only does FL have some great points but learn from the ones who have attempted medic before and who have completed medic before you. Ask Dustdevil I used to be very anti two year degree for a profession I never truly thought I would stay in but after having attempted medic school getting part way through and washing out I learned that the two year degree is the only way to go you have to have the solid foundations of A&P as well as psyc comms and other core courses to be a well rounded medic. Now I know that statement is going to create a huge **** storm from some people around here so here is my attempt to head it off. All of you who went through the medic mills your great your competent but unless you have continued your education beyond that medic mill and the required CE's to keep up your license have do you feel like a completely well rounded medic that knows 100% why you did what ever it was that you did?
Popular Post Lone Star Posted June 27, 2010 Popular Post Posted June 27, 2010 Ok, I guess it's 'confession time' here.... As an EMT, I looked at a lot of the medics I came in contact with as 'pompous asses' because of their attitudes toward the lower license levels. This thread has forced me to re-evaluate my position. As I climb through the license level ranks, I find more and more that there’s so much I DON’T know. I’m not the first EMT to come to this stark realization, and I know I won’t be the last to ‘figure it out’. Working my way through EMT, then EMT-I and eventually onto EMT-P, I find that when I was a ‘mere EMT’ I thought I knew it all. This feeling was great to hold onto, and gave me confidence to do my job. Then I went on to the EMT-I portion, and realized that I didn’t ‘know it all’ like I thought I did. But I learned more, and still felt good about it all. I was still confident, but looked at things differently. When I started my medic class, I quickly learned that what I really knew nothing more than oxygen, stop bleeding; and keep broken body parts from moving. Those that know my story know that I had to drop my medic class for reasons beyond my control. I haven’t given up, and will be working toward getting into the next class. As I wait for the next class to start, I realize how painfully inadequate my education has been, and how much I still have to learn just to be able to call myself ‘competent’. Terms like ‘good, great and exceptional’ will just have to wait. I do not deserve them … yet. As with every ‘confession’ comes the opportunity to eat a little crow. I think I’ll have mine with a generous dose of A-1, to make it more palatable. To all the medics that I call ‘friend’: I offer each and every one of you a sincere apology. While I thought that many of you were ‘harsh’ in how you dealt with the lower license levels, I’ve come to realize that it wasn’t out of ‘meanness’. You were challenging me to not only prove you wrong, but also push me into learning more. For that, I owe each of you a great deal of thanks and appreciation. This confession serves as a warning to all of those medics (and the Doc’s too!): Since you all have pushed me into going further than I thought I could, each and every one of you will be ‘hit up’ as an information source with even more questions than I’ve already hit you with! To everyone else: This site is a great place to ask questions, debate theories and ultimately LEARN. These ‘grouchy old medics’ may seem harsh and ‘mean’, but they’re only want you to push to be the best that you can be. We’re taking people’s lives into our hands, and the patient’s deserve more! When the ‘old hands’ around here challenge your posts; whether for content or spelling/grammar, they aren’t being ‘meanie-heads’, they’re pushing you to correct the ‘little mistakes’ before they snowball into ‘big ones’. One misspelled word on a PCR can change the entire meaning. It’s been said that those that have successfully completed the medic course (especially with a degree), have ‘forgotten where they came from’. Some have gotten ‘arrogant’ because they’ve completed the course; but most appear to be coming from the same position that the previously addressed medics are. In the United States, our EMS education is very lacking in content. The cliché “You don’t know what you don’t know’ is so very true. The ONLY way to get a glimpse of this is to pursue your education above and beyond the minimal course called ‘Emergency Medical Technician – Basic’! When I finish my degree, I hope to remain the same person that some of you have come to know and at least ‘like’. I’m going to push you as I always have to get more education. I’ve had to re-evaluate what I thought I knew and now have to look at things much differently than I did from the ‘safety’ of my EMT-B world. I hope that many of you will find yourselves in the same position! ER Doc, Thanks for reviving this thread! 6
BushyFromOz Posted June 27, 2010 Posted June 27, 2010 (edited) To all the medics that I call ‘friend’: I offer each and every one of you a sincere apology. While I thought that many of you were ‘harsh’ in how you dealt with the lower license levels, I’ve come to realize that it wasn’t out of ‘meanness’. You were challenging me to not only prove you wrong, but also push me into learning more. For that, I owe each of you a great deal of thanks and appreciation. This confession serves as a warning to all of those medics (and the Doc’s too!): Since you all have pushed me into going further than I thought I could, each and every one of you will be ‘hit up’ as an information source with even more questions than I’ve already hit you with! Dude! by far the most sincere thing i have seen in a while, kudos to you mate! Edited June 27, 2010 by BushyFromOz
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