Congrats to the colonel for being done, what a relief....have fun out there on the streets.
Tofiznat: If you are dating or married, make sure you put sometime aside to spend w/ the other. It got to the point where we would schedule a "date" that was not allowed to be broken unless extreme circumstances kicked in. The other thing is that everyone will have something that they will struggle at, whether it be remembering drug doseage, drug calcs, learning EKGs, remembering ACLS algorithms or the like ...so no matter what at some point there is a struggle, its how you handle it and move on determines your success. The other thing is to remember that in the streets it is sometimes different than the "book" and that after the call is done can you talk about it w/ you preceptor. Lastly enjoy your ride time, take advantage of those who like to teach, pick their brains, but be aggressive, if you just come in and put your feet up and dont ask questions the crews are not going to know what to train you on you need to know what you want to go over...also remember you are part of the crew so that means helping with truck check in the am, cleaning the unit after the call, stocking, if they have a station helping with station duties. It was the students that did that without having to be told/asked that were helped out more (and made the preceptor want to help as in at the ER staying a little bit longer so you can help on the code that just rolled thru etc.)
take care and be safe..L
