EMT-B - Finally!

I did it!!!! I passed all portions of the Maryland State EMT-B written and practical exams! I am soooo excited!! I am also relieved that it's finally over! Now the fun begins!

I hadn't even been an EMT-B for 24 hours and I had to utilize the skills that I learned. I was watching my grandchildren today. Zachy is almost 2 years old and he is all boy! I call him my bruiser! He is very active and loves to run around like all little boys do. He was running one way and I was walking the other way to go get him when he ran into me and bounced off of me and his head hit the corner of a table. I tried to catch him but I wasn't fast enough. I immediately picked him up and he buried his head in my shoulder and cried. He cried for all of 15 seconds and looked up at me. When he looked up I noticed blood above his right eyebrow. I said to him "Gee - you're bleeding!". He looked at me and laughed! So I took him into the kitchen and cleaned the cut and held pressure on it to stop the bleeding. It stopped bleeding fairly quickly and then I put ice on it. Zachy put up with this for all of 10 seconds and then he was back to running around and laughing - normal Zachy! His momma came home about 30 minutes later. He was fine before she came home but I guess he was going to get all he could out of this one and started crying as soon as he saw her. Of course he got sympathy from Momma! Then Dada got home about 10 minutes later and he did the same thing with him! He milked it for all it was worth! LOL

In the end Zachy, Mom-mom, Momma and Dada were all fine!

Wings clipped - temporarily!

Ok - so I've had to postpone the fly along for Monday, December 15th. When I made the arrangements for it I wasn't taking into consideration that this is the same week that I have my Maryland State Written and Practical exams for EMT-B. This is a highly stressful time because of these tests. I need all the time I can get to tie up loose ends with my EMT-B class and to study for the state exams.

I can't believe that the last 4 months have all come down to this! I can't believe that I made it through the class!!! I have an all skills practice on Sunday and then the written exam on Wednesday and the practical on Sunday, December 20th. I've got to pass!!!

I will be doing a fly along in January or February after things have calmed down.

I'm flying high now!!!

Ok - it's official!!! I will be doing a fly along on our helicopter on December 15th!!! I can't wait!!! I will be flying along on a medical helicopter!!! It will be soooo much fun!!!

I also get to bring along a camera. The only thing I can't take pictures of is the actual patient. As the flight nurse says - "Everything else is fair game!".

Of course I will be posting pictures after my fly along!

What have I gotten myself into this time?????

I went to my friend L.'s housewarming party Saturday night. I had an excellent time! I've know L. for a long time. We've worked jobs together (in fact we work together now) and I also belong to the same firehouse that she belongs to. We are good friends. She had some of her other friends there also and we all hit it off!!! We are planning to have get togethers at least once a month. We all agree that we want more friends but have the same thing in common - we can't find people to be friends with in our area that we really trust or want to be friends with. This group of 5 women are good people. (Nothing like the Fabs though!!!) It will be fun.

We were discussing what we wanted to do with our lives. We are all also in EMS/Fire Dept. so we were sharing war stories and what we wanted to do to further our careers. My friend L. said that in August she wants to take Firefighter 1 at the Fire Academy. We were enjoying a bottle of wine (I only had one glass - I swear!!! LOL) She asked me if I would take Firefighter 1 with her. So between sips of wine and before I knew it the words "Sure I will! It will be fun!" came out of MY mouth!

What have I gotten myself into this time?? Am I crazy??? I always said that I didn't want anything to do with the firefighting side of the firehouse. Now I'm taking Firefighter 1????

I was discussing this with one of the support instructors in my EMT class. He said that I will be fine. He suggested that the only thing I need to do before I start is to work on my upper body strength.

So - I guess it's official - I'm taking Fire 1 and will be a firefighter also!!!

Riverdance

I have always loved celtic dancing and celtic music. I'm Irish through and through. The red hair and green eyes are a dead giveaway - LOL!!! I have also always wanted to see the stage production of Riverdance.

Well - my dream has come true!! On March 12th, 2009 my friend S. and I are going to see Riverdance!!! As if that's not exciting enough I managed to get us front row tickets!!!!!! I am soooo excited!!! March 12th can't get here fast enough!!!

I have worked hard the last few months and I deserve this!!! I deserve to go and have fun! This is my reward to myself for working hard and getting my EMT.

Results for Mod 4B

Ok - the results for Mod 4B are finally in!!!! I ended up with a 88% on the exam. I was happy with that. My average in the class is 92%. It went down 1% with this exam. The average grade in the class for this exam was 84% so I was above average!!! My next exam and practical is November 20th. It's on trauma! Trauma is soooo much fun!!! You actually get to play and do things!!!

My partner and I have been voted by the class as "Most Likely To Pass The Maryland State Exam". I sure hope so!!

I am so ready for this course to be over. I'm getting tired!!! I work 3 days a week, go to class 2-3 days a week. The only day I have off is Saturday. I usually sleep all day Saturday. On Sunday I'm either watching my grandkids or have class.

One more month and it's over!!!! YEAH!!!

Update on Mod 4B exam and practical

As I posted before, I was supposed to take my written and practical exams for Mod 4B. Well - we got to class and found out that the written test we were supposed to take was not left in our instructors mailbox. The tests are written by the state, not by the instructor. We are supposed to take the written on Tuesday now.

We did take the practical (skills) part of the exam. My partner and I rocked it!!! We were told that if we keep up like this we should have no problem with the Maryland State final exam! I now have more confidence in my skills!!

I will update on the written when I know more.