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Education and Medical Training of an EMT

Posted on July 24, 2011 by dhiekanya27

Emergency medical technician training programs in order for these specialists to get their certification tend to greatly vary from course to course. Each of these courses must meet local as well as national requirements. Here in the United States an EMT-B must receive medical training in the classroom of at least 110 hours; however, this often reaches or exceeds 120 hours. As the EMT progresses up to an EMT-I, he generally receives approximately 200 – 400 hours of training in the medical field. Finally, the EMT-P is trained for over 1,000 hours.

Additionally, in order to keep the EMT’s certification up to date, the EMT must take a certain number of continuing education credits. For instance, in order to keep their NREMT certification current, an EMT-B must get up to 48 hours of additional continuing education credits or else he may either complete a refresher course totaling 24 hours or he may complete 24 more hours of continuing education credits that would cover the same topics as the refresher course. A similar pattern is followed by the other levels when it comes time for their recertification.

Emergency medical technician medical training programs tend to vary a great deal in calendar length either in the number of days or even months. If an EMT-B wishes to follow a fast track program, they are usually finished in two weeks but are very concentrated. Classes usually last for 8 to 12 hours a day for typically for two weeks or maybe more. Other training programs for medical purposes require months to complete. If a paramedic is going for an associate’s degree, that will take up to 2 years. In addition to every level’s progressive education, the EMT may also have to take part in clinical rotations particularly for levels that go beyond the EMT-Basic.

EMT students must also spend a certain amount of time riding in an ambulance. They must also spend time on a number of different hospital services such as obstetrics, surgery, emergency medicine and psychiatry so that they may complete a course in order to qualify for the certification examination. The number of clinical hours an EMT must spend in an ambulance as well as in the hospital will depend upon local requirements, the level in which the student is trying to obtain plus the amount of time the student takes in order to show competency.

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Augusta in the Amazon – The Only Golf Course in the Amazon

Posted on July 13, 2011 by dhiekanya27

Not much sleep last night as the anticipation of playing the Augusta in the Amazon is more than I can bear. Looking down the number one fairway of the most beautiful golf course in the Amazon, I realize how long it has been since I touched a golf club. My caddie is beside me and suggesting an 8 iron for the beginning par 3.

It’s a little hard to see exactly where the flag is because it is only three feet tall and no GPS here. In fact there are no carts, no cart paths and my caddie is carrying a machete. Not so much for protection, although many have run across a boa constrictor or an anaconda on the course, more to mow down the rough if you happen to land there. Which is a distinct possibility since the whole course is rough. After all this is the best course in the Amazon primarily because it is the “only course in the Amazon”.

We got out early and caught up with the greens crew mowing number 3 green with a weed eater. Well we got a half mowed green, what more do you want, just stay on the short side. They have two weed eaters and a couple of machetees to keep the course groomed immaculately; well almost immaculately.

Unique rules for this course, if you lose your ball in the fairway you get a free drop. It’s an automatic two putt if you put it close, no need to run the score up and it is difficult to pull the flag from the water bottle that has been buried to hold it in place.

Good thing we have a caddie because the fairways can be deep, a foot in some places. Lucky the dog joined us and found a couple of balls, the only problem was that he wouldn’t give them back. We called him Lucky because in many South American countries they eat the dogs but they won’t eat a black dog; therefore a black dog is generally known as “lucky”.

As we walked across Hogan’s Bridge you had to watch your step or you might fall through. Not a place where you want to fall in a water hazard or for that matter even reach your hand in to find a ball, full of piranhas and alligators. One, not so smart, golfer tried it and lost the tip of his finger.

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