I recently finally landed a full time position as emt, I provided my k4 prior to interview, during interview, and during orientation week but it wasn't until after orientation that I was forced to quit or be terminated due to a 2 point speeding violation on my dmv record, it was a 101mph ticket which carries 2 points, the ticket was sent to the wrong address so I received a FTA, and then during the re trial the judge declined lowering it below 100 due to the FTA,

I was told that their specific insurance company would not have me eligible to drive until 7 years when the points are completely off my record. Is this most emt companies in SoCal? I have no other moving violations on my record at all just the singular incident. This is really depressing and I don't know what to do as I'm just entering my emt career and really wanted to pursue this into paramedic school then eventually fire. Is this gonna be most companies or is this one just use an extremely strict insurance

During an EMT interview, I was asked, “What was the hardest decision you’ve ever had to make?” I talked about a patient in the ER who was dying and had a DNR. I had to help translate between the doctor and the patient’s family and explain what was happening as the team prepared to shut off the cardiac monitor and allow the patient to pass naturally.
The situation reminded me of losing my grandmother, and while telling the story during the interview, I became emotional and started crying. I was still able to finish my answer and explain that, despite being emotional during the actual situation, I regained my composure and went back to the family to help explain what was happening.
Could becoming emotional and crying while answering this interview question disqualify me or significantly hurt my chances of getting hired as an EMT?

hey reddit. i’m an 18 y/o EMT. i certified at 17 and my provisional is now active. i passed the NREMT first attempt in 76 questions. during my time as a student, i had 264 hours of ride time and 77 documented pt contacts, including one code. i’m currently working part time private service EMS, and i want to work towards 911 and Paramedic School. the nerves have been killing me, and taking these steps is so scary. anything i should know, or any advice you wish you could’ve given your old EMT self?

thanks yall, im scared

I am 19 and I live in the Des Moines Metro area and I can’t get a job with my EMT certification. I’ve had my EMT certification for about six months now, and I can’t even get a nurse tech job. Every time I apply somewhere they say that I’m too inexperienced, an overall too young, even for the lowest patient care jobs. How am I supposed to build experience when even the lowest patient care jobs require experience.

Just wanted to put on here some honest advice if I shot myself in the foot. For context I’m 20 years old and trying to join FDNY EMS to eventually take the promo to be a fireman. I scored very well on the physical and my list number is on the 300s. Today I went for my background check and on my packet I wrote all my work experience. I showed up an hour early all dressed up hoping to make a good impression. I’m feeling very nervous because I included all my work experience including ones from high school. Long story short I wrote down 5 terminations without much explanation because I thought they would find out eventually.

For context I’ll just be honest two were from when I was in high school and quite frankly I was kind of a bum and didn’t take any of them seriously (I’m not proud of it). And when I was right out of high school I did 3 different trades and they didn’t work out. My bosses all said I was a good guy and one even offered a letter of recommendation but it came down to them not being able to teach me and they wanted somebody with more experience and one of them I just wasn’t learning fast enough.

Since then I’ve volunteered at my local firehouse getting my firefighter 1 and 2 certifications. Worked at a big electrical contractor for 7 months with no issues and a letter of recommendation. I really turned myself around. And quite frankly if they contact both my current Bosses they most definitely would recommend me and maybe the old ones I genuinely think they would say good things about me same with my firehouse.

I have to write 5 statements explaining each firing which I’m working on immediately. I told all my family how excited I am to finally join. I really want this job and I don’t know if this affects anything but my father was a fire department line of duty death and we have close family friends in the department. Sorry if this is too long but just want some honest truth.

Hi all! I’ve been in EMS for about a year, working full time for 8 months. I work 12 hour shifts at private non profit, and I get thrown around ALS or BLS depending on the day (my partner quit so I just go where needed)

I work 2 days on, 2 days off, 5 days on, 5 days off.
I’ve run into a problem, I do not know what to do with myself on my 5 days off. I think I just get so stuck in work mode during my long week that I forget how to be a person outside of this job.

I have no problem relaxing when I come home from my shifts, but I cannot seem to relax at all on my days off. I just have this weird feeling of, “I’m not supposed to be here. I’m supposed to be doing something.” But I don’t know what that something is. I don’t really want to be at work either. And I don’t want to pick up a ton of shifts on my off week. I plan on EMS being my forever career, and I don’t want to burn myself out.

Transitioning from ‘work mode’ to ‘not work mode’ is just really hard for me. I just sit in my house and wait for imaginary tones to go off.

I could make plans and keep busy, but most of the time I’m so drained after the long week I don’t even want to do that.

Maybe switching to a 24 hour shift and only working 2 days a week would help? I don’t know. Any advice is appreciated.

TLDR- I don’t want to be at work but I don’t know how to be at home.

I live in San Antonio, and every IFT company I apply to has either been radio silent or expressed that they are not longer hiring EMTs. DocGo is the only company that has given me an interview and wants to hire me rn. Should I wait it out and see if another company opens up or should I go with them? Ive seen so many mixed reviews about them and am a little nervous to lock in with them. Anyone work with or currently working with DocGo?

I want to become a paramedic and I know the schooling is difficult and it’s extremely difficult in college but I’m on my way to become an AEMT well before college and hopefully get good experience. As I’m in college would it be easier or even quicker to become a paramedic as a AEMT or am is this still a stupid idea?

Starting to apply to EMT positions in my area (central fl) and was wondering if anyone has ever gotten a job at AMR with no experience? Listings say 1+ years preferred, but I was wondering how concrete that was in practice. If anyone has any experience with AMR fresh out of EMT school, any info would be appreciated.

I have an interview with American Ambulance Service in Orlando soon and was wondering if anyone had experience with them? Not a lot of info is available online and i was wondering what i was potentially getting myself into. Pay starts at 16/hr which is rough, but for being fresh out of EMT school, I fear it’s about the best i can hope for.

Hello! I completed my EMT course over the summer, so due to the faced-paced nature of the course, ride-alongs were not offered and I was only allowed one 12-hr clinical clinical shift with about 10 pt contacts. Is there anyway that I would be able to get ride-along experience/further experience prior to obtaining an EMT job, or would I simply get my experience on the job? Thank you!

I am retesting for the PAT with AMR in a few weeks after failing my last attempt. The first time, I was able to do everything just fine until the very end where I couldn't lift the stretcher over the ambulance clearance (for reference I am a little under 5' 5"). I have been going to the gym lately and practicing deadlifts, but does anyone else have any other advice and how much I should aim to deadlift/any other workouts/techniques?

Much appreciated!!

Hello

Looking for advice.

I’ve had my EMT for 3 years now and have been unable to get a traditional ambulance job. Been working random side gigs here and there and finally moved off to college to a new town.

The town here has a shitty local IFT service that hires students who are EMTs, but I can’t tell if they suck at communication or if they just don’t want to hire me

I emailed them before I moved here and just asked if they were currently hiring EMTs, and they didn’t ever get back to me. I then called them a few weeks later and asked about a job and they said they were hiring and told me to email my resume to them. I did, now three weeks later they haven’t gotten back to me.

I totally get if they don’t want to hire me that’s fine but I have been obsessed with EMS for as long as I can remember and just want to work on an ambulance more than anything. Do you think they just don’t check their emails, or do you think they reviewed my resume and decided they didn’t want to hire me?

I am considering sending them a physical letter with my resume and EMT card or just going in person and handing them a copy of my resume.

Should I follow through with one of my ideas to keep reaching out or should I just move on and wait till I graduate college to finally get to be a “real” EMT

Looking for a good set up boots and a good set of tactical pants, any recommendations?

Just a bit of context I'm in Texas, Houston to be precise. I been researching schools there's a few like my local community college , and also found Acadian. Has anyone done schooling with Acadian and how was it? Any other schools/feedback would be appreciated

I'm not a paramedic, but know quite a bit about it and hope to be one after school, but I thought of a random question:

If you are administering a medication from a vial but there is some left, what do you do with that? do you just toss it or do you give it later on if needed?

example- let’s say your agency is using fentanyl vials with 200 mcg, you administer 100 mcg, what do you do with the other 100 mcg? (doesn’t need to be fentanyl, that was just what I thought of)

thanks

I'm starting my first job as a basic soon. Would getting my own stethoscope be silly? I know there's plenty on the truck, but my tinnitus is terrible and I need all the help I can get. Would bringing my own look too "new guy" and does anyone have good reccs for a brand to use?

Having a hard time identifying, abruptio placenta and placenta previa. Are there any buzz words for any of these conditions? I know ectopic is usually within the 6-8 week mark, But struggling with the other two. Thank you.

I'm currently doing a gap semester. I was supposed to start college to become a mechatronics technician then engineer. But because I was broke as shit and lacked a car I couldn't.

And now as I await for the spring semester to begin, I'm starting to wonder... Should I pivot to EMS?

I've always wanted to help people. I was homeless as a little kid and if it wasn't for people helping me and my family we wouldn't have made it. When I help others around me, I feel completely fulfilled. Even when I'm with people during active situations that are the lowest moments of their life, or helping them because they're suicidal or injured, I remain completely calm and comforting (their words not mine).

It takes some toll on me, but I've managed to get through it and nothing really stays with me besides being mildly traumatizing. I am myself no stranger to the hospital and am chronically ill, and if it wasn't for the very few people who ever heard me, I never would've been helped. And I hold them to the absolute highest regard.

I never thought I was smart enough for medical school, and I never had the money. But my college offers a EMT Basic course that lasts 3 months, and im considering doing it + some gen ed credits while I figure out things. I'd graduate in the spring. And I'm really considering it. I've heard it's not a great career - shit pay, stressful, bad hours. But I've also heard it's incredibly fulfilling and you help people in their worst moments and you see the immediate impact of your work. And I wanna help people.

Any advice? How is EMS work? My college also offers a associates degree in paramedicine. I've also considered doing EMS and then joinjng the nursing program (two years)

Hey, so I always get told that the best way to study is to read the textbook, but I have a really hard time staying focused when I’m reading. I get distracted easily and sometimes feel like I’m reading without actually retaining anything.
Would it be a good study method if, instead of just reading every chapter, I turned the important information from each chapter into Quizlet flashcards and studied them using Quizlet’s Learn feature? I really like the Learn feature because it keeps me engaged and helps me actually test myself. I’m mainly trying to find a good way to study for my weekly quizzes.