how physically demanding is EMT work?

[tigress]

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Thanks everybody. My husband and I are hoping to have a kid before I start med school, but not pregnant yet. I'm going to call up some hospitals and ask what kind of ER tech positions they have available for people with EMT training, and if I don't find anything I'll ask around for people who do on-the-job phlebotomy training.

I really appreciate all the advice!

 

[45408]

Not to be critical or anything, but if she was bleeding and to the point you needed to go full code, then technically you should have never even pulled out the KED. That case would have qualified as emergency extrication. Board her and go, and (as someone else mentioned) tilt the board if you have to.

Eh, you're being anal. Traffic would've taken forever in that part of town, so my driver decided to light it up. Tilting the board wouldn't really work too well either.

 

[Medikit]

Thanks everybody. My husband and I are hoping to have a kid before I start med school, but not pregnant yet. I'm going to call up some hospitals and ask what kind of ER tech positions they have available for people with EMT training, and if I don't find anything I'll ask around for people who do on-the-job phlebotomy training.

I really appreciate all the advice!

Wow, I guess sooner is as good as later to get pregnified, it's not like things get any easier during the next 6-10 years of life.

 

[Medikit]

What is the EMT class like? My local community college offers an EMT I class over the summer. I'm thinking about signing up for it as I might not be able to get off the waitlists that I'm on.

 

[tigress]

Wow, I guess sooner is as good as later to get pregnified, it's not like things get any easier during the next 6-10 years of life.

I like the choice of words; sounds like something I would say.

Most people I"ve asked for advice say there really isn't any good time to have kids, and I might as well go ahead now. I think that's true. Medical school is hard, but so is residency, and so is starting out after residency...it doesn't get easier for a long time. And I won't start med school until fall 2006, so hopefully I could have time to have the baby and recover and spend a little time doing nothing but baby. (Aside from that, I've been married over a year already, and in the religious community I live in people are already starting to wonder why I haven't had a baby yet! This isn't why I'm doing it of course -- we really want kids. But I suppose it contributes a bit.)

Anyway, you asked what EMT courses are like. The one I'm considering taking is through a local fire department associated thing that does EMT training. I'm also curious as to what it entails. The only thing I was told is that it's not hard, it's relatively common sense stuff, and it can be a lot of fun. Curious toread what people have to say about it.

 

[ShyRem]

ER tech would be the only thing. You would not be able to work on the ambulance.

Actually, I worked on the ambulance until my belly got too big to "clear" during defib. So for first pregnancy, that was about 7 months, and for the second, about 6 months. I did not ask for any concessions regarding lifting, but had no end of help offered - if anyone else was on the call (FD or PD) I didn't even get the *chance* to lift anything. I was, however, well known and well respected where I worked (as anyone in the field knows, not everyone is).

 

[OSUdoc08]

Actually, I worked on the ambulance until my belly got too big to "clear" during defib. So for first pregnancy, that was about 7 months, and for the second, about 6 months. I did not ask for any concessions regarding lifting, but had no end of help offered - if anyone else was on the call (FD or PD) I didn't even get the *chance* to lift anything. I was, however, well known and well respected where I worked (as anyone in the field knows, not everyone is).

This wouldn't work in a rural EMS service, where PD is limited, and the fire department doesn't first respond.

I suppose if you are in a big city, you'll be okay, but your work was obviously somewhat limited.

It wouldn't be a good a idea to be in the situation at the beginning of employment as well.

 

[medic170]

Benefits of being a medic-----I drove on those calls....

I hear that

 

[ShyRem]

OSU, you didn't read - I said *IF* FD or PD was on scene. They just as often were not, and I hucked the 300+ lb patients with my partner just like before. no complaints, and it kept me from gaining too much weight. If you know how to lift, it's not a problem.

And, BTW, my work was *not* limited - I did everything I did before. Some rural, some urban, lots of suburbs that are quickly being overgrown into urban, complete with ghettos.

Bottom line, you gotta be smart, you have to know what your own limitations are, and you have to know what your employer's policies are. Don't expect favors because they may not always be there.

 

[katbarny]

So it's now 13 years later. You may very well not come to forum site anymore but I was curious to know if you got through med school and how it went for you?

 

[LizzyM]

So it's now 13 years later. You may very well not come to forum site anymore but I was curious to know if you got through med school and how it went for you?

Click on her name. then click on "messages" . You can read her last couple posts and know what happened.