Awesome advice. I will always be thankful of Ron H. and Dave H. both great medics. Dave H. could sweet talk any psych patient into going to get some help. Ron was wise to the realities! They had a Come To Jesus Meeting with towards the end of the program. I learned a lot in medic school. But, I learned a lot on the street. I loved know it all's! I learned in medic school that you earn your opportunities. In one 24 hr ride along clinical I had 3 intubations and 3 IV starts on 6 different cardiac arrest patients. Be humble that we all are human and never be afraid to ask for help. Be wise to your situational awareness. Remember that there is no "I" in TEAM. And, yes just like RN's eat their young, the same can be said of EMS providers. We all started somewhere. But, we have to be life long students. Take time to share.
Thank you for these tips! I'm in the process of becoming an EMT, but I'm completely new to the EMS community. It's helpful to have someone more experienced to learn from!
Until EMS is willing to have a stronger lobby, we will always be stepped on. Police & Fire have strong lobbies and unions and that's why their jobs are so cushy. Things have to change because this field is too stressful for the compensation providers receive from sea to shining sea.
Agreed, maybe with this channel and us traveling across the country we could start changes. As the channel grows the more influence each companies will have that can effect the idea of change
I just finished internship and my hardest thing would be developing a smooth treatment plan for my critical Pts. I know what to do but it’s getting my treatment done quickly while trying to find time to obtain a accurate history , meds, and allergies all while this Pt is declining on me at the same time .
Thanks for watching. Feel free to reach out anytime. Maybe I can help. It will take time. Also check out the paramedic coach on CZcams he does a great job helping people like yourself
Dude I’m about to start my first shift as a paramedic on a fire department I just got hired on. I’m scared but excited. You pass your national registry yet?
@@Packman33 good luck man ! Yeah I’ve been a single role medic for 4 months now , my advise from my experiences so far is to be confident in every single decision you make even if you don’t think it’s right . Always keep your head up on scene and make sure your presence known . What I’ve learned to do is make a glance at my Pt and determine big sick or little sick , and then go straight to getting report. I don’t really touch the monitor on scene and I let my EMT do it so I don’t get tunnel vision. Whenever you get stuck, listen to lung sounds and/or go back to your ABC’s and just treat what you see. BE CONFIDENT, you made it this far right.
@@HeroesNextDoor You advice was spot on. My advice to all providers and anyone who's job requires their full physical well being is to get a plan B early. Get a degree or skillset that can be done w/out alot of physical effort. You will hurt your back and extremities in this job. Be prepared when you can just no longer do it. People aren't getting lighter and even with the lifts into the rig we still gotta get them to the rig in the first place!
@ heroes next door i want to be a firefighter paramedic so thank you for this information.and i have this on question can you go look at schertz,tx fire headquarters i have always wanted to see that satiation
Sure but we need an invite from them so if you know of anyone there and they would like us to come we can make that happen. Please email us at watchheroesnextdoor@gmail.com with any contact information and an invite 😉. Thanks so much for watching and good luck on the career.
Is it normal to feel a little bit scared but excited as a brand new medic about to work on his first job as a paramedic. How did you feel when you first started?
Yeah pick a mentor, and talk about every call immediately after with the entire crew so that you all learn as a team. The better you get along and understand each other the less scary it becomes.
Awesome advice. I will always be thankful of Ron H. and Dave H. both great medics. Dave H. could sweet talk any psych patient into going to get some help. Ron was wise to the realities! They had a Come To Jesus Meeting with towards the end of the program. I learned a lot in medic school. But, I learned a lot on the street. I loved know it all's! I learned in medic school that you earn your opportunities. In one 24 hr ride along clinical I had 3 intubations and 3 IV starts on 6 different cardiac arrest patients.
Be humble that we all are human and never be afraid to ask for help. Be wise to your situational awareness. Remember that there is no "I" in TEAM. And, yes just like RN's eat their young, the same can be said of EMS providers. We all started somewhere.
But, we have to be life long students. Take time to share.
Thank you for these tips! I'm in the process of becoming an EMT, but I'm completely new to the EMS community. It's helpful to have someone more experienced to learn from!
Feel free to reach out anytime. Thank you for watching and we hope we can help as you advance
Until EMS is willing to have a stronger lobby, we will always be stepped on. Police & Fire have strong lobbies and unions and that's why their jobs are so cushy. Things have to change because this field is too stressful for the compensation providers receive from sea to shining sea.
Agreed, maybe with this channel and us traveling across the country we could start changes. As the channel grows the more influence each companies will have that can effect the idea of change
Yeah great advice my dad is a paramedic. I salute you guys #BACKTHEEMS
I just finished internship and my hardest thing would be developing a smooth treatment plan for my critical Pts. I know what to do but it’s getting my treatment done quickly while trying to find time to obtain a accurate history , meds, and allergies all while this Pt is declining on me at the same time .
Thanks for watching. Feel free to reach out anytime. Maybe I can help. It will take time. Also check out the paramedic coach on CZcams he does a great job helping people like yourself
Dude I’m about to start my first shift as a paramedic on a fire department I just got hired on. I’m scared but excited. You pass your national registry yet?
@@Packman33 good luck man ! Yeah I’ve been a single role medic for 4 months now , my advise from my experiences so far is to be confident in every single decision you make even if you don’t think it’s right . Always keep your head up on scene and make sure your presence known . What I’ve learned to do is make a glance at my Pt and determine big sick or little sick , and then go straight to getting report. I don’t really touch the monitor on scene and I let my EMT do it so I don’t get tunnel vision. Whenever you get stuck, listen to lung sounds and/or go back to your ABC’s and just treat what you see. BE CONFIDENT, you made it this far right.
Great advice, thanks for sharing Mike!
I know it’s not the best or most popular information but I felt I needed to share. Thank you for watching.
@@HeroesNextDoor You advice was spot on. My advice to all providers and anyone who's job requires their full physical well being is to get a plan B early. Get a degree or skillset that can be done w/out alot of physical effort. You will hurt your back and extremities in this job. Be prepared when you can just no longer do it. People aren't getting lighter and even with the lifts into the rig we still gotta get them to the rig in the first place!
@ heroes next door i want to be a firefighter paramedic so thank you for this information.and i have this on question can you go look at schertz,tx fire headquarters i have always wanted to see that satiation
Sure but we need an invite from them so if you know of anyone there and they would like us to come we can make that happen. Please email us at watchheroesnextdoor@gmail.com with any contact information and an invite 😉. Thanks so much for watching and good luck on the career.
Good tips and insights man. Thumbs up from a fellow creator 😅
Thank you
Emt school starts in August, cant wait.
Great to hear. Good luck. If you need anything please feel free to reach out
About to go to paramedic school and dream about being a flight medic. Hopefully is I stay medical I can bypass some of the bs
Wish you luck. Study hard and always be aggressive.
Is it normal to feel a little bit scared but excited as a brand new medic about to work on his first job as a paramedic. How did you feel when you first started?
Very nervous and unsure. Scary but fun at the same time
@@HeroesNextDoor glad I’m not the only one. Do you have any advice?
Yeah pick a mentor, and talk about every call immediately after with the entire crew so that you all learn as a team. The better you get along and understand each other the less scary it becomes.
Thanks as a 1st end of semester medic student I appreciate your time and valuable insight
Are you a Canadian paramedic or American?
He has an American thin blue line t-shirt behind him... so I'm sure hoping American.