My daughter passed her EMT course.

April 17, 2018, 04:47 PM

A few months back I posted that my 17 year old was taking the EMT course. She passed and did very well on all her tests. Last night was her graduation. Tomorrow she will take her state certification which her instructors say is 50 questions less than her 200 hour course test. She took a half day off of school today after mid-terms and is studying for tomorrow. She can't respond on her own until she turns 18 in September. I'm very proud of her.

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April 17, 2018, 05:41 PM

shovelhead

Congrats to her and you both. I was a EMT in New Mexico from 1982 to 1988.

And I'm especially impressed for her age, sounds very mature. At 17 I never thought of doing anything like that, I was 29 when I became a volunteer firefighter and the following year an EMT.

When I took the class it was 81 hours for a Basic cert. The following year it was increased to 105 hours, I sat in on the additional modules as it was important to me to be the best I could.

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April 17, 2018, 05:47 PM

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My daughter passed her EMT stuff, worked in an ER as a medical tech, then intensive care, taught CPR, also worked the first aid booth at college games.

One day at NCAA basketball quarterfinals the first aid booth got a call, cardiac arrest outside on the sidewalk. It was her first time doing CPR on a real person, "he had a very hairy chest". The second time for real CPR was at 36K feet over Tennessee. She is now dispatch for an airborne ambulance service.

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April 17, 2018, 07:32 PM

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That's awesome, send my congratulations.

I passed my EMT in 1991 at the age of 17. While I haven't run EMS since 2005, my certification is still active as I keep up on my continuing education.

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April 18, 2018, 08:46 AM

610

You should be very proud. When most people her age are busy worrying about themselves your daughter has achieved something that can useful for the rest of her life. Tell her congrats and to keep up the good work.

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April 18, 2018, 11:53 AM

rtquig

Thank you all for your kind comments.
Sarah is hard headed like her mother. She said there are no if, ands, or buts, she is going to become a Neuro Brain Surgeon.
Last summer and this past fall, she had been invited in to see surgery and she loved it. She is a driven girl, academics are top notch. I can't name all the clubs she is part of, usually in a leaders roll. Sometimes I think she pushes herself too hard. She tells me not to worry, later in life she will take care of me when I get too old to take care of myself.

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April 18, 2018, 11:59 AM

rtquig

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Originally posted by hray:
Congrats, my daughter is taking her final for EMT as I type this. Good luck to your daughter in pursuing her goals. Hray

I wish your daughter good luck. In the final, 2/3 of the class failed. We are lucky to have kids that are chasing their dreams and helping out the community at the same time.

April 18, 2018, 12:11 PM

patw

Good for her. Will she be continuing her studies in EMS to be a paramedic? I was an emt for a little while prior to becoming a medic. She should continue on her education as the world is in need of people working in the medical field.

April 18, 2018, 02:12 PM

rtquig

Right now she has one more year of high school. The high school is an Academy of Math and Science. I don't know if she will get to be a paramedic before she leaves for college. So far we have visited Johns Hopkins, Dartmouth, Cornell, RIT, Stevens, Princeton and a few engineering Universities in NY State. As a freshman in high school she did community service at a local hospital in outpatient surgery, then on to the First Aid squad.