<p>i dont know if this is a stupid question, but i don't know how this works. i've heard of premed students being EMTs, so i was wondering how you are able to do that. like, what classes do you have to take and stuff? thanks a lot!</p>
<p>My university has a EMT training program during the year that can be taken as a gym class. Check to see if you're school offers something similar.</p>
<p>It is a big time commitment (6 hours a week for the semester), but from what I hear, it is well worth it. I actually would have liked to have signed up, but my schedule always seems to clash with class times.</p>
<p>ummm, EMT certification class</p>
<p>again, i'd like to point out that its practically useless unless you get some experience after getting certified</p>
<p>my schedule doesnt work well either, since i would need to travel to some community college to take it during the school year. I was wondering if you can just take some sort of online course and just take EMT-basic test?</p>
<p>I really want to get EMT experience, and i cant do this summer either since im doing reseach.</p>
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<p>absolutely not since there is a practical (hands on) portion of the class and the test</p>
<p>The EMT class was offered at my university (through an outside contractor) during the school year for 12 hours a week during one semester.....i took the EMT class in addition to 6 classes (20.5 credits) during the first semester of my sophomore year. If you are really passionate about something you'll find a way to work it in. I'm really glad I sucked it up that semester and took the class because the 2.5 years of experience as an EMT that followed were awesome.</p>
<p>i have heard that EMT is an old dog's trick while applying to medical school...its basically way to common and used....
is this true? what about this versus volunteering at a hospital, maybe even a free-clinic?</p>
<p>Many local fire departments or ambulance corps will offer a EMT-B course during the summer, check with them. If they don't offer one they will know who does offer one. </p>
<p>There have been a lot of posts about being an EMT and how it demonstrates service and it is clinical exposure, but PLEASE only get the certification if you want to be an EMT, not because you know it will look good on a resume. It sucks working with other pre-meds who just want the clinical exposure and not do anything on calls. Your purpose is to help people who needs help and you're trusted to do such, but you're not there to just hand equipment to the other EMT who is treating the patient or do PCRs your entire shift. So I think med schools can see when you got a certification just for the looks or you actually did something with it. There is also nothing wrong with running shifts as well as volunteering at local hospitals or clinics.</p>
<p>does it matter what state you are certified in? because i go to school out of state....but i might be able to get certified at home, but as far as actually working, i would probably do it during the school year...</p>
<p>u'll have to apply for reciprocity in the state you want to work</p>
<p>The whole reciprocity deal is usually easier (depending on the state) if you're also National Registry certified.</p>
<p>The National Registry exam is usually about a month after the NY exam (sorry I only know about NY). If you take and pass the NY exam first and what to take the NR exam within 6 months of your NY exam, you don't have to do the practical portion on the NR exam, which is really nice. I think some states only have NR, like LA. I would suggest you get certified where you want to work because there is a lot of local protocol that might be different from national.</p>
<p>what age do you have to be to become EMT certified or whatever?</p>
<p>i am in high school junior year and looking to get something like that to get more exposure in the field of medicine........</p>
<p>You have to be 18 years old to be certified. Take Human Anatomy or CPR at your high school to get exposure to the medical field.</p>
<p>unless you have a volunteer agency around your town, you won't get any exposure even if you get certified.</p>
<p>oh ok, yea im only 16.........so yeah. </p>
<p>but, how about volunteering in the EMT. i read some posts from high school kids who said they were like in an ambulance or something. Or am i wrong?</p>
<p>i think you can become a "certified first responder" and ride around on an ambulance with EMTs as young as 16 ...might be wrong though</p>
<p>Our corps has a junior squad from 16 to 18, but they are not allowed to go on calls, then when you turn 18, you have to get certified then you can go out on calls.</p>