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I am currently at the State University of New York @ Cortland, as a freshman. I recently joined the SUNY Cortland Emergency Squad, aka the E-Squad. It is a first response "organization" run by the school with juniors and seniors as our chiefs and officers. I start my first shift today as an "observer" from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m.
I will be going through training ranging from simple First Aid and CPR, all the way to EMT-B training in the course of a year, and hopefully I will become an EMT by the end of May.
How does this all work? Is First Aid and CPR a one day class? Or does it depend on the school / training?
There are diferent CPR clsses depending on what you are doing if an average joe wanted to become CPR and AED Cert. the class is usual a few hrs. if u r takeing an EMT-B cours it is suposed to be 6 hrs. i believe and its not just CPR for EMT-B it is AED as well
I had to take a minimum of CPR/AED for the professional rescuer for my campus ems program to be listed as an observer. They recommend taking basic first aid or emt as a follow up. I am also going to be taking my emt this school year as well. Do you get any credits for taking EMT-B?
Wow a regular emt b training is six months, maybe shorter in some places.. I don't understand why they don't get u guys certified for emt instead all of this first aid aed bs.. That's all included in the package with emt b
As of right now, we don't get college credits, but they are trying to push for at least one science health credit per year.
The requirements to stay as an active member are as followed: We must attend all training sessions, be on duty for at least 4 days a month, which 1 day has to be a weekend. Each shift is from 8 p.m. to 8 a.m. 7 days a week.
We do sleep there, and we get to watch all the t.v. we want while we basically wait for a call to come in. The station is equipped with showers, flat screen t.v., computers, bunks, washer dryer, fridge, etc... Pretty nice.
They get an average of 400 calls a year, most of which are Thursday-Sunday nights. Take a guess why...Hint: (College Town)
The ambulance runs GREEN lights in front, red in back. It is only a first response rig, meaning no ALS on board. We don't transport. Band Aid Squad.
My next shift is Thursday....Hopefully we get something.
I had to take a minimum of CPR/AED for the professional rescuer for my campus ems program to be listed as an observer. They recommend taking basic first aid or emt as a follow up. I am also going to be taking my emt this school year as well. Do you get any credits for taking EMT-B?
If you're lucky. My school actually sponsored the EMT class (taught by an outside group) but didn't give us credit for it. Some do, some don't.
Hehe alright. It's pretty funny looking. It used to have red, but for some reason they took it down and put green. It has a green light bar on top, and two green grill lights. The sides are all red, as well as the back. Looks like a christmas tree.
You should see it up here....The volunteer depts all have old blue light bars op top of their cars. Chiefs don't have chief cars....Just red light bars. Its RARE to see someone with a talon on their dash.
Hehe alright. It's pretty funny looking. It used to have red, but for some reason they took it down and put green. It has a green light bar on top, and two green grill lights. The sides are all red, as well as the back. Looks like a christmas tree.
You should see it up here....The volunteer depts all have old blue light bars op top of their cars. Chiefs don't have chief cars....Just red light bars. Its RARE to see someone with a talon on their dash.
So if you have green but not red in the front, does that mean that you can't drive as an emergency vehicle, i.e. go through red lights etc? Equipped with a siren?
Not that you would need to, just wondering theoretically. My school's first response car has red lights and a siren, but they are almost never used.
We do have sirens, and the green lights, just like all blue lights, are a courtesy light. However, a lot of you blue light buff heads proceed through red lights with caution right? We do the same thing....We just have sirens. So its a little better.
Technically were not even supposed to use the lights, only the strobes in the head lights. Sometimes we follow the rules, sometimes we don't. It all depends on the call. If someone is unresponsive of course we use the lights... It also depends on the captain at the time. Some like to use them, some don't. I'm planning on becoming a chief my senior year, and I am going to do all I can to get red lights installed and the ability to actually use them.
ASFC -
Being up here @ Cortland I have. They have a fire dept, both a paid one, and a volunteer one, and they also have a volunteer ambulance service, which they use green lights. I saw a small green light bar on top of an old mustang going to a call the other day. The only thing you can do is just smile and giggle.
i used to have 1 on my bike. when i first git in my FD. @ 17 i was still rolin on t wheels i didnt get my Licens untill 2 3/4 years after i got in thats another storie. but it was cool i miss it cops used to c me roling down the street @ like 2:30 - 3 in the am and and just wave and laugh
On my way to EMT...
