NerdLog

Today was our second big test. It covered chapters 6, 7, and 8 (airway managment, scene size-up, and initial assessment). I only got 95% on this one, the trend is disturbing. How long 'til I'm failing if I lose 5% each time?

Fortunately we had a couple of extra credit questions, with their help I got a 105% which will presumably be truncated to 100%. I can live with this :-).

We also learned and practiced basic life support (BLS) and lifting/moving patients. Fun stuff.

Last night I aced my first EMT-B test (human anatomy). Given my past academic history (not good) this is a near miracle. It gets better. Today Ann (our EMS head cheese) assigned me my very own stethoscope. I feel so official. The hardest thing I'll be doing in the next three months is remembering that I cannot use anything I've been learning until I've gone through all the testing by the feds, state, and (I assume) my department. Sigh.