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Training at Home

Just a quick note for anyone just wanting to get a little extra training at home on the computer, Fire engineering.com has a thing called " training minutes" that have some pretty good content in them.

Added by John on November 12, 2008 at 12:15pm — 1 Comment

Extra Credit

I sent my extra credit paper by e-mail back to the instructor tonight and already got a reply back from him, I did get the 5 bonus points. so my exam 3 final score was an 85%.

Added by John on November 11, 2008 at 8:48pm — 2 Comments

Combo Blog

Well today is just starting out peachy.... LOL I got off of my medic shift, running with a new crew and different medic in our twp. and so far this crew kicks butt we had a great time, only 1 call. But I did get at least an attempt at a needle stick trying to start an IV, low an behold the vein rolled on me, Next time LOL I get home and check the school web site and found out I got an 80% on exam 3 with the possiblity of making 5 more points with an extra credit assignment thats due by finals.

Added by John on November 11, 2008 at 9:05am — No Comments

Chimney Fire

Last night at around 9PM we got called out for a chimney fire, County Deputy said flames out of the stack but that was all he seen.When we get there the owner still had a fire in his fireplace so we extinguished it removed all the burnt logs and ash, and then peered up the flue. At that time all it was doing was smoldering at the smoke box area, come to find out the owner did spray some water at the chimney. His Stake was so full of creosote it was amazing the whole stake wasn't ablaze, the… Continue

Added by John on November 8, 2008 at 8:14am — 2 Comments

Winter Quarter Class

Well I just recieved an e-mail from the EMS secretary stating I now have permission to register for the winter quarter class thats next in the paramedic program, and I have now been registered as this is written. I am still waiting for the 3rd exam results though.

Added by John on November 7, 2008 at 2:37pm — No Comments

Nickelback

Just waiting til the new Nickelback CD is released on the 18th, Like anyone really cares :-) they have some really great tunes and I usually find myself being able to study better with thier music on.

Added by John on November 6, 2008 at 2:00pm — 3 Comments

Final Lab practice

Just got back from my Final Lab practice session, all about airway and respiration. Got to try a new technique, nasal intubation, wow that is pretty cool. I will be studying the lab book all weekend and trying to get ready for the test Monday morning. Still waiting on the 3rd exam results and will update that when he sends them out.

Added by John on November 6, 2008 at 1:45pm — No Comments

Whew Glad thats done

Glad that exam 3 is done and hopefully he will get the results tonight, he ran (litterally Ran ) the tests over to the main campus well before the 2 pm deadline. I feel ok with this one not overly excited about having a super grade but I am sure I passed this one ( I Hope LOL). I will post an update when I have the score later tonight.

Added by John on November 5, 2008 at 1:59pm — No Comments

Studying

I have not been able to be on much this past weekend due to studying for our next exam and trying to get caught up with the reading assignments. The next exam is this Wednesday and then I have a lab practise on Thursday, Lab test on Monday. We also have a group presentation, that is due on the 14th and have also been trying to get it completed with a couple of other students from class, Seems like all heck is breaking lose at the end of the quarter. I am not sure haow aoften I will be on til… Continue

Added by John on November 3, 2008 at 3:26pm — No Comments

Medic Shift

WOW What a Night, another one with no sleep, we only had four calls but they were laid out just right to keep us up all night. The good news is no life threateningg calls, just the typical injuries from falls type. Only 1 more shift on this medic(44) and then I get transferred to M43 on Nov 10th.

Added by John on October 30, 2008 at 9:24am — 2 Comments

7 classes to go

We are down to like 7 classes left for the quarter, I am starting to get a little worried although I have decent scores in class, I still get that way. Just gotta tell myself to stop, relax and breath, and it will be okay.

Added by John on October 29, 2008 at 3:15pm — No Comments

Medics Lab Test

Got back from the lab test over Pharacology, starting IVs and medication injections. I am happy to say with one minor hiccup that I passed, no 100% on this one though. I missed on the sq injection of checking to make sure I wasn't in a vein, no big deal I passed on the 2nd attempt Thank God.

Added by John on October 21, 2008 at 11:14am — No Comments

Transfer

I just found out last night at the start of my medic shift that they are transfering a bunch of us around to diffrent medics, I am going to our M43 starting Nov 10th. The reason is to try and get 2 paramedics on each medic, which makes alot of sense when it comes to patient care. If we were to get alot of als calls with only 1 medic he gets slammed with them all, now with 2 they can switch, or rotate calls. Makes alot of sense.

Added by John on October 18, 2008 at 8:05am — No Comments

Medics Lab

Woohoo what a blast Lab was today, we were actually using maniquins for the most part, BUt today was about starting IV's and giving sq and im injections. We ended the day by starting an IV on each other (that was the good part LOL) Talk about how cool that was , WOW . Now to read up on the procedures more for the next few days and then Lab Testing time on Tuesday.

Added by John on October 17, 2008 at 1:53pm — No Comments

OMG Exam 2 Results

OMG is all I can say and Thanks to all who encouraged me to look positive. I got an 76% on the exam a whole lot better than I thought I had done. Although my average went done it is still at an 84% for the class so I am very ecstatic about my grade, if there are any corrections I will post a blog updating them. Thanks to all who responded earlier.

John

Added by John on October 14, 2008 at 8:03pm — 2 Comments

Exam 2 Update

Still waiting on results from exam 2 just to let everyone know.

Added by John on October 14, 2008 at 9:52am — No Comments

Update on training fire

Yesterday we had our training fire at the abandon house and all went well with the exercise, we had a good turn out of personnel as well. One glitch happened during the day and that was our reserve engine that was being used as the attack engine blew out the relief valve and caused an unexpected down time.

Added by John on October 12, 2008 at 9:41am — No Comments

Exam 2

After studying alot for this exam and then taking it, I have a bad feeling that I totally bombed this one. I will hopefully know how well I di tonight sometime when the scantrons get graded and posted on the school website.

Added by John on October 10, 2008 at 2:12pm — 2 Comments

Lab Exam 1

Well nothing really bad to update on the Lab Exam, I passed the practical exam part of the Lab. The wierd part was that I was scheduled to take it at 11am but showed up about an hour early figuring I could glance over the Lab book. Well I was in and done before 11am and was actually home by about 10 min after 11 today. Now time to study for this Fridays exam 2.

Added by John on October 7, 2008 at 1:03pm — No Comments

Thank You All

I want to thank all who responded to my forum on training fires, I appreciate all the responses and it definitely helped with my thoughts on them, and gave me a whole new perspective on what to do, and to help the newer people on the department.
Again a Big Thank You to All who Responded

John

Added by John on October 6, 2008 at 9:45am — No Comments

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