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I want to become an EMT but everyone tries to talk me out of it. I hear horror stories and how the trauma of the job will change you as a person. Does anyone have any stories or advice?

Hey guys,

I’m a grad student currently working on a cloud integrated medical health record system (MEDWEB) that aids EMTs and paramedics in accessing emergency patient medical data to better treat and save time on emergency calls.

I would really appreciate it if I could get some interviews with EMTs/Paramedics for this research and get to know information from their experiences and perspective on how we could better design our system.

Please help me reach out to professionals who can aid me in getting in touch with EMTs and Paramedics to carry out our research. You can contact me on Reddit so that I can share my email for further communication.

Any kind of help for this would be really appreciated.

Hello, I’m looking for help with people who are in the field and this subreddit seems like the only place where everyone is an experienced and licensed EMT. I’m going to be starting courses and I’m honestly afraid of being under informed unlike some people may be at the same program. I’ve talked to one person who’s done this type of thing before and she tells me to study on the human anatomy. That’s about all I got. I have information about getting a Textbook and Syllabus about what’s going to happen during my courses, but I’m 2 weeks from actually starting and I wanna be well prepared. Please respond with information that could be helpful in my journey. Thank you.

What’s the best free resource to learn for NREMT? I don’t really want to pay.

My step dad had a cardiac arrest (widow maker) while riding his bicycle. He was found by a nurse who was hiking the trail and found him with no knowledge of how long he’d been without a pulse.

She performed CPR until paramedics arrived. They continued CPR until he got to the hospital.

They saved his life.

He wasn't expected to survive, certainly not with all his faculties.

He has full function now.

Do you love your jobs even tho you have to do with a lot of negative aspects of society ?

How do you cope with it ?

Or forget important medical terms, parts of the body, details, etc as an EMT? How do you make sure you retain the information?

Question: I'm 53yo F working in medical field- terribly bored with my position as a clinical RD. I have considered certifying for EMT (and possibly paramedic) but wonder if it's too late in life to do so? I am fit working out with wts/cardio 5x weekly and have few physical limitations. Have always had a desire to help others and am pretty good with remaining calm in stressful situations.
Should I do it?

I am in search of recommendations or advice for EMT courses in these locations: Hawaii, California, East coast of Florida (St. Augustine area preferred), Denver/boulder or east coast of the Carolina’s. Would even consider in foreign country through US programs.

I’m interested in finding one less than 3 months long. Also interested in accelerated or community college courses. Need to be completed before April 1st. Flexible with time until then.

Would love any recommendations or suggestions in finding options!

Looking for emt courses in ny/nj that are fast. Pursuing medicine but I feel strongly in expanding my skills so I can be helpful if need be in critical situations. Looking for a course that's ideally 6 weeks or less. Thank you so much

Today I witnessed a bad single car accident on the highway. We were a good few cars back and everyone started to pull over. I do have first aid/CPR training so ran over to see if I could help. The car was flipped over and person was hanging out the window but held in place by crushed car frame. He was unconscious and bleeding from his head. Several people were already on with 911 and giving the mile marker. 911 instructed (a growing group of onlookers) to not do anything but hold a cloth to the head wound gently avoiding any pressure to spine. EMS services took a while to get there due to location and I read later online it was a fatal car accident. I keep playing it in my head as he did have a faint pulse at first. It felt like we were all just stood around not knowing what to do. I eventually stepped out of the scene and left because there was such a growing crowd and nothing I could do to help.

Why can’t they make their own medical decision?

Plus how do we know if they are emancipated?

So I recently became an EMT. I immediately starting applying for travel EMT jobs and i’m extremely lucky to have got signed onto a contract. i’ve currently served 2 contracts.

On my second one, I cared for a girl approx. 13 years old who had tried to off herself.

The blood. The look on her face.

I’m unlucky but lucky enough that as a kid i got desensitized to blood and gore, but this poor kid. She was so young and so incredibly covered in blood.

To my knowledge, she’s okay. But i keep having dreams of the girl. I wish I could see her and talk to her again.

When will the dreams fade? Is there a way I can connect with her? Would I have to go through her parents to see if I could see how she’s doing since she’s a minor?

The look she gave me when she said “Thank you” to me is what’s stuck.

Good afternoon,

Yesterday i got injured specifcally to my right knee. I got that injury when i was moving the stretcher out from the back. the ambulance that i was working on had a large metal stepping stool that stood out firmly and i hit that and was in excruciating pain. My partner called on call supervisor and they said just to fill out the injury report and head back to base. No one cared to even ask about me and see how I was doing. We headded back to base and my partner calls the on call supervisor again and he told him that if I go to the hospital than i can't recieve work comp. I ended up still going to the hospital because my partner took me. I still recieved and asked for the work comp form and I'm not sure what exactly to send to HR and what should and shouldn't I mention because this isn't the first time that they did this to me and I'm tired of it. I need advice and guidance of what you guys think is best. I live in NYC btw.

I’m currently conducting research on addiction among first responders and working with a local treatment center to develop a program that addresses PTSD in this community. There’s a significant stigma surrounding addiction and mental health issues, and too often, requests for help are ignored or met with insensitivity. Our goal is to push for policy changes that provide support rather than judgment. If you have personally struggled with addiction, I invite you to fill out this anonymous form. Your responses will be used as part of a confidential data set for my project.

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October 17th is my sign up day to attend The EMT course Starting January 13th.. this is truly the best birthday gift ever (January 14th) 🎈🥳

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In movies / TV series it's often portrayed that emts are tracked live and coordinated on a map. Does something like that work in real life or is it just walkie-talkies? If so, what apps are used?

Hey, y’all. So my wife is a writer and I’m her unpaid research assistant. She’s writing a scene where a woman has reason to believe that her adult daughter is attempting suicide by overdose, so she calls 911 for a welfare check. A couple a questions:

1: Who would be the most likely first responder in a mid-sized metropolitan area? Police? Fire Department?

2: How/would the caller, in this case the mother of the adult, be notified after the fact? In the scene the daughter has intentionally overdosed but is still alive and is taken to the hospital.

Thank you for any insight you can give and, of course, for your work.

I just enrolled in pro tech emt but when i clicked on it, it said "full" and still allowed me to pay and enroll. Does that mean that everything's fine?

yall, i got my EMT cert in PA, and now i'm so lost on how to file for a nj one. pls help. im trying to follow the info given on the njems website but its confusing. pls pls help

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I understand that being an EMT comes with its trauma and PTSD, but is there anything I can do to prepare or do I just except the inevitable? I was already diagnosed with the anxiety and depression at nine years old so the stakes are a little high.

if the aed detects non shockable rhythm and prompts rescuer to continue cpr, it could mean pt has asystole.. is there a possibility that pulse wax just too faint and paint has pulse and not in arrest?

Do they assign you the uniform or do they give you cash to buy your own? And can the uniform be different colors like for example blue, brown, white or black or does it have to be a specific color. Kinda a random question, but just curious

Last Sunday I was having trouble sleeping in the early morning. I was up and down up and down for about an hour. I finally got out of the bedroom, went and used the restroom, grabbed a glass of water from the kitchen. In the kitchen is where I had my pager on the charger. As soon as I finished my water my pager went off for difficulty breathing, past history of heart attack, triple bypass surgery 2 weeks prior.

I was the first one on scene from my agency (rural volunteer crew, youngest on squad by 25+ years). I was able to help the unit transport out of the house and give assistance to any other tasks they needed. By the time more of my agency members showed up we had the patient loaded and they were on their way. Everyone was surprised how quickly I was there compared to them and I told them what had happened. They all looked at each other like I was nuts that I caught the page, especially with my pager being in another part of my house (never doing that again, charger is on bed stand now).

My question is, does anyone or has anyone ever had something similar happen? Like it almost seemed like fate I got up at that exact moment and was within arms reach of my pager and gear. Or did I just have something random happen and get lucky I was able to respond when and how I did?

Just a thought and question!

Had my first gunshot and traumatic arrest this shift. Then 45 minutes later I had a puppy crawling into my lap while I took vitals on a drunk guy. Sometimes this job is so hard to wrap my head around. Anyways, wanted to share the weirdness as I’m sure you all have experienced shifts like this.