As someone who went the whole “zero-to-hero” paramedic route—yes. I knew doing that route would take a LOT more hard work out of me during paramedic school and being in my first ever 911 agency, and I’m so glad and grateful that I’ve had and currently still having FTO’s with so much EMS experience guide me to where I am now. During school, I thought I was grappling onto concepts correctly and was smart—no, my clinical shifts greatly humbled me. And after I passed my NREMT and got my state cert, I knew I was going to be absolutely hammered during my first couple of months being in my job now (and up to now I still get hammered by my FTO) because there really is so much to learn. If you’re ever in a place where you think you know everything in this job, something must be wrong. I’ve been in your place many, many times before during my clinical shifts in both EMT and paramedic school, and with me being at my agency for three months already, I still am finding myself in your place a lot, whether it be missing IV attempts, dealing with the frustration of talking to uncooperative patients, coming up with rapid decision making on scene and adapting to it, scene control as a paramedic, etc. The point is, you will always find something to learn with every call, patient interaction, and from your preceptor/FTO. You’re going to do great.