We had our midterms yesterday. 150 multiple guess questions. 150 A,B,C,D scantron choices.
I did okay. Not great, but okay.
I finished with about a 90%, since the instructors threw a couple of questions out. It worked out to 132 correct out of 147 possible questions. I guess that’s not bad, but I still feel like I could have, and SHOULD have, done better. I will next time.
I’m all checked off on Med Administration, IV starts, Blood Draws and ET tubes. Now, the fun begins. We’ve been assigned our ride locations and next week we’ll get our ER and OR assignments for the next 6 weeks. I’m pretty excited to get movin’.
Cardiology and Pharm is the main focus for the remainder of the quarter.
Oh yeah, I did suffer a grievous puncture wound at the hand of a fellow student who held the IV cath like a harpoon. He let fly like one of the Japanese fishermen on “Whale Wars”. I looked down to see the cath buried to the hub at an almost 90 degree angle in my forearm.
“Muthafu…” I bit my tongue. “Can you please take that out? I think you went through the vein.”
Now I have a HUGE purple and green hematoma that looks like a Martian sunset on my arm … and when it’s my turn to stick him again, he’s gettin’ a 16. Or a 14, if I can sneak one past the proctor.
A 92 is nothing to shake a stick at. In fact, I’m pleased for you. Well done.
I like the new look, by the way; this is the first I’ve seen it. Very nice…
92, not bad. Remember, it’s not all memorization, but understanding the heck out of it too. A paramedic is only as strong as his weakest EMT. Good job and ouch! Ice and Arnica cream/ointment helps. Congrats to your wife and her new job!
Thanks to both of you, but it was a 90%, not a 92. (I don’t want to take any extra credit for those 2 unearned percentage points.)
I’m feeling pretty good about the comprehension of the material. They’re real big on the “how it works” rather than “just do this, ‘cuz it’s in the protocol.”