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How to Become an EMT in New Jersey

Paramedic Training Spot

Learning how to become an EMT in New Jersey, or an Emergency Medical Technician to be specific, is not an overnight accomplishment. Not only are you training to be a Garden State EMT, you are studying to become Nationally Registered, which is a relatively new requirement for the state.

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15 of the Best Gifts You Can Give Your EMT or Paramedic

EMT Training Station

In the fast-paced and high-stress world of emergency medical services, EMTs and paramedics consistently go above and beyond to save lives and provide comfort to those in need. A TL:DR Shortlist of our Choices for Great Gift Ideas for EMTs and Paramedics We know your time is valuable. Shield Tactical Boots Oakley Radar Sunglasses 5.11

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Book Review: “Sirens, Lights and Lawyers”

Ambulance Driver Files

One of the most egregious disservices to EMS students is what passes for medicolegal education in EMT or Paramedic school. Far too often, students are subjected to myth, dogma and outright b t from instructors who have at best a superficial understanding of the subject, most of whom have never had their lessons taught or vetted.

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Rock Bottom

Peter Canning

I am in the fly car and a BLS crew is in the ambulance. An EMT is already wheeling the stretcher down a short alley where his partner is kneeling by the dumpster. The man’s hair is long and unmatted, his blue jeans are muddy and his books are wrapped with duct tape. Good job,” I say to the young EMT. You found him.”

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Fake it 'Til You Make It… and other diseases you pretend to know

FOAMfrat

Upon arrival at the scene, the patient’s mother greeted my EMT partner and I at the front door and escorted us to the living room, where the patient was found supine on the couch, being tended to by her father. My father, an emergency physician, gifted me a medical dictionary when I enrolled in EMT school.

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A Chef and a Paramedic Walk Into a Bar.

The Overrun

I’ve read all his books, seen him live, and watched all of his series. In his book, Kitchen Confidential , he talks about the business of cooking food a lot like colleagues I know talk about EMS. In one of the better parts of this book, he shares with you a typical day of his from waking up to end. Why do we do what we do?

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First Responders & First Responses

The Good, The Bad & The Ugly Paramedic

Working as a paramedic, medic, EMT, prehospital care provider or any other type of first responder differs vastly from any other role in those first seconds or minutes of arrival. While standing in the queue to be booked in and triaged, they figure out how the system works and see the different processes in play. How much will it cost?