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K Ya'll, don't know if this has already been topic for discussion or not (didn't see it, but that doesn't mean it wasn't there.)

Classes start Tuesday for EMT training, what do I need to know prior to the first day of classes?  What will I need?

I am currently a Certified Nurse Aide, a Medical Assistant, a Phlebotomist and have been a Home Health Aide.  Will any of that training help me get through these classes?  How? 

Thanks in advance for letting me pick the brains of those that have BTDT. 

Hope ya'll have a GREAT weekend and be safe. 

Chase,

Thank you for replying to my post.

I have a Sprague dual hose in the same blue as my eyes actually.  (Steve says it's purple, but also says it is the same color as my eyes.  LOL I assure you that my eyes are not purple.)  My solution for the weight of it is to put into the pockets of my scrubs or just hang it over one shoulder and it works okay.  With the EMT pants being thicker than the scrub pants I will get a hook to put on the waist of them when the time comes. 

My kids destroyed both of my cuffs though so I'll go down and get another for myself and one for Steve as soon as I can get down there.  The department is paying for Steve's class and we are paying half for mine ($700.00)

Glad to hear that the books should be handed out by the instructor at the beginning of class. 

Wonder if my hubby would be an acceptable study buddy.  We have been studying together for about 10 years now and I'd hate to break up the team. 

Jeremy,

Thank you my friend, I will do my best.  I am hoping that with the medical training that I already have it will help me to be able to concentrate on other parts of the class more.  Medical Assistant have the same number of credit hours as a LPN, but different courses in the same field. 

Hope you have a good night and a great week and good luck on that test. 

They seem to only be concerned if it will be current until the end of the class. Here, they provide the CPR class for an extra $25. So long as it is a provider/responder level CPR, you should be good.  Practicing with Steve should be great, but unless you are in the class together, you may want someone in class to pair with also. If it is like the ones here, you have to take the NREMT test to pass. So the class tests come from that question pool. That test just plain sucks, as they want answers that don't necessarily make the most sense as far as patient care. Then once you pass the class, and the national test, we have to take the county COG test to be able to treat. It is a normal test with more realistic answers. It's crazy.

Steve is taking the class too, but I had to drop for this term.  Too many other responsabilities and too little money. 

Thanks for your support, maybe I'll get to take it next year

Thank You, I'll try not to. 

I just finished EMT school recently and I would say that one of the most important things is to keep up on the material and take the test seriously.  We had over half of our class drop out during the course of the class (one was actually on the last day of testing).  We had to keep a certain average by midterm and to be able to take the final.  Just make sure you keep your grade up!!

On my first day of class they threw a CPR dummy baby at us and said to save it's life (trying to remember every step of CPR on an infant with an airway obstruction is hard u nder pressure).  The instructor pretended to shred our CPR cards if we couldn't do it...  So current CPR is pretty important too.

Good luck!