EMT certified

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Slurpsicle.

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So I just passed the national NREMT-basic exam and couldn't be more stoked! Possibly looking to volunteer or work for ski patrol at Bridger Bowl or Big Sky next season to go along with my raft guiding job in the summer. Anyone else certified that works for ski patrol or any other medical care unit that wouldn't mind giving a rookie a few tips for the real world?
 
Nah, i was thinking of getting certified for ski patrol just for the hell of it. I don't have any plans to do ski patrol but why not. I guess it wouldn't hurt either to work in the park and be ski patrol if somebody got hurt.
 
Ive been an EMT for a somewhat busy volunteer fire department for almost three years now. Now that you have your card you really need to learn how to be an EMT, because what you learn in class and what you do out on the streets are very different from each other. I found actually talking to patients was very hard at first. Im not sure how old you are, but being an 18 year old kid and having people look at you and depend on you to help them was a very eye opening experience. Good luck man!
 
how long does it take to become an emt. Also is there any chance i could do it and get a job for this summer?
 
Depends on the class. I'm taking an expedited summer course that lasts a month but its like 8 hours every day.
 
I was a volly at Big Sky for two years it was a blast! The people up there are great very helpful and there is always someone with more experience close by if you get in over your head and need back up right away. I highly recommend working there besides you cant beat a free pass for 16 days of work
 
Congrats! Ive been a paramedic for about 2 years now and the best advice i can give you an an EMT is that even if you want to progress more in the EMS field is to get proficient as an EMT first.

Things like ski patrol still require an OEC class or what use to be the ASHI WEMT and you would have some more courses involved but if you want to do that, I found it easier to get somebody to pay attention to me if i have one of those listed before hand, even tho most resorts offer a class for incoming ski pat.
 
my class was a 7 week intensive course. There are also courses that take up to 4 months to complete. The reason my instructor took the 7 week route is because by the end of a 4 month course it's really hard to pass the national exam because you have forgotten most of what you learned in the first few months.
 
I also did Big Sky Volly patrol. It's a blast - I'd still be doing it if I didn't go back to school. Only advice is to do as much as they'll let you do - you can learn a bunch of cool rope rescue, etc. by getting trained to patrol Challenger/Tram, and the only way to get better on the medical side is to run calls and practice.
 
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