Hello BK:
Just thought I would spread some good news. After about 200 hrs of classroom , practical skills assessments, and studying. I passed my national exam yesterday and I R now officially an EMT. I still have a state exam this Tuesday because Washington hasn't adopted the national criteria for some silly reasons. Once the state exam is out of the way I will begin a Paramedic Assistant Program with North Country EMS out here in the Yacolt and Amboy area in southwest Washington State. This is a career change for me at the age of 53 and like so many of us, after 17 years with Hewlett Packard, they said goodbye because everything is now made in grass huts somewhere. I have also joined my fire district (10) as a volunteer and will go through their fire academy in May and I hope to obtain my "red card" for fighting wild land fires. Where does all of this come from? I just missed the Vietnam war as they stopped the draft 2 weeks before I turned 18. I was very disappointed at the time and saw no reason to join if I couldn't go kill the enemy. So this is my chance to serve my country now and I have never been this excited about going to work! Alright you dog faces at ease and carry on!
CHill
Just thought I would spread some good news. After about 200 hrs of classroom , practical skills assessments, and studying. I passed my national exam yesterday and I R now officially an EMT. I still have a state exam this Tuesday because Washington hasn't adopted the national criteria for some silly reasons. Once the state exam is out of the way I will begin a Paramedic Assistant Program with North Country EMS out here in the Yacolt and Amboy area in southwest Washington State. This is a career change for me at the age of 53 and like so many of us, after 17 years with Hewlett Packard, they said goodbye because everything is now made in grass huts somewhere. I have also joined my fire district (10) as a volunteer and will go through their fire academy in May and I hope to obtain my "red card" for fighting wild land fires. Where does all of this come from? I just missed the Vietnam war as they stopped the draft 2 weeks before I turned 18. I was very disappointed at the time and saw no reason to join if I couldn't go kill the enemy. So this is my chance to serve my country now and I have never been this excited about going to work! Alright you dog faces at ease and carry on!
CHill
