Comments on: Update… http://medic22.com/2009/04/update/ A collection of disjointed ramblings of an EMT. Tue, 13 Dec 2011 05:08:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Epijunky http://medic22.com/2009/04/update/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Epijunky Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:32:00 +0000 http://medicseven.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/update#comment-515 Rock ON!!!! Rock ON!!!!

]]> By: Medic7 http://medic22.com/2009/04/update/comment-page-1/#comment-514 Medic7 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:52:00 +0000 http://medicseven.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/update#comment-514 There were a lot of questions like this: <br /><br />You are working on a night shift on an ambulance and arrive on the scene of an assault at a residence. The house is dark and the front screen door has been knocked off its hinges. No law enforcement is on scene yet and the street is quiet. Which of the following is your best course of action?<br /><br />Pretty easy, ya know? Now, if I can just squeeze in ahead of some of the 22 year old fire-monkeys, I'll be set.<br /><br />And I'm stoked about OAC. Anything has got to be better than IFT was. There were a lot of questions like this:

You are working on a night shift on an ambulance and arrive on the scene of an assault at a residence. The house is dark and the front screen door has been knocked off its hinges. No law enforcement is on scene yet and the street is quiet. Which of the following is your best course of action?

Pretty easy, ya know? Now, if I can just squeeze in ahead of some of the 22 year old fire-monkeys, I’ll be set.

And I’m stoked about OAC. Anything has got to be better than IFT was.

]]> By: Walt Trachim http://medic22.com/2009/04/update/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Walt Trachim Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:24:00 +0000 http://medicseven.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/update#comment-513 Well done!<br /><br />Was this scenario-based? Usually if they are you'll run into questions like the ones you saw. Cataldo has a pre-hire exam - on the order of 100 questions, many scenario-based. It was without a doubt the toughest written exam I have ever taken. Even harder than when I took the CCEMT-P final, and that is saying a lot. I had much the same reaction to it that it sounds like you had. Turned out fine - they hired me, when all was said and done... My gut tells me you will be one of the 24 that gets a seat.<br /><br />Congratulations on going to OAC - it sounds like, from all I've read, a good opportunity. And I think you'll get a little more variety than what you were getting at IFT. That, just by itself, will make work more interesting. Well done!

Was this scenario-based? Usually if they are you’ll run into questions like the ones you saw. Cataldo has a pre-hire exam – on the order of 100 questions, many scenario-based. It was without a doubt the toughest written exam I have ever taken. Even harder than when I took the CCEMT-P final, and that is saying a lot. I had much the same reaction to it that it sounds like you had. Turned out fine – they hired me, when all was said and done… My gut tells me you will be one of the 24 that gets a seat.

Congratulations on going to OAC – it sounds like, from all I’ve read, a good opportunity. And I think you’ll get a little more variety than what you were getting at IFT. That, just by itself, will make work more interesting.

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