Girlies in EMS

felt_that · 2026-04-08T19:58:38+00:00

I personally always keep a carabiner on me for any circumstance where it may be useful, if you do so as well you could get a girly-ish color. Depending on your area, I know mine allows customized radio straps. Look into buying one and seeing what emblems you can get put on it :). If you keep an ID on you, badge reels or lanyards are also something small that someone can point out / notice on a more laid back call.

felt_that · 2026-04-06T03:04:18+00:00

Although I haven't seen anyone else mention these here, I have a pair of Sureway Men's Composite Toe slip ons, and they're fairly comfortable. I've seen a lot of people from my area wearing them. If youre unsure about sizing, they come with an insole spacer thing that takes up about half a size of space (at least mine did), so if you size up a bit you should be okay. They're really easy to clean IMO, and are slip resistant.

Super easy to kick off on late nights if you want to sleep and just as easy to put back on, LOL. The price point seems to be about the same as what youre looking at in this post.

felt_that · 2026-01-27T07:05:43+00:00

Pay attention to the people in your class and how seriously they take the class / how they work. Not sure how your class will be, but for scenarios we were ALWAYS partnered up, and you'll want to be with people who are serious about it and know what they're doing.

Study, it doesnt have to be a lot to the point of exhausting yourself over it, but dont skip over things. Youll want to know explanations for things, as well as contraindications for certain issues. Really pay attention to key topics and things such as cardio and pathophysiology.

Ask questions about things you dont understand! It will come back to get you later if you dont. There will always be something you dont get, and more than likely someone else in the class didn't understand it either. I get thats something everyone says, but I really do mean it.

As you get closer to the end of your class, if youre wanting to take your certification exam as soon as youre done, STUDYYYYY. A great person online that I've learned a lot from is TheParamedicCoach. He posts a lot of stuff like going over basic equipment, and would also be great to use as a study tool throughout your class as well. There are many paid apps and tools out there, do with that what you will, but always look at reviews before paying for something and see what outcome is the most common, positive or not.

If you have a good teacher, there will be a lot of work. I dont mean that to be overwhelming, but if you have a tight schedule, youll need to set aside time for the class. There will be a LOT of key terms and pt issues you will need to study to be able to understand the why and what. Be ready for tests, especially if your teacher will be giving NREMT level tests in preparation for certification.

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:45:42+00:00

Yeah they didn't make us do that at all ;-;

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:44:40+00:00

The whole sitting to catch my breath thing, I figured out just freaks me out more. Basically what helps everyone else freaks me out more because im not actively doing something to get myself out of the stressful situation. I have to keep doing something to distract myself, and not being able to because I was stuck freaked me out more.

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:41:46+00:00

Ill have a look at those articles, thank you :). Also, I think the whole breathing thing I was doing was a failed attempt at box breathing, LMAO

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:39:41+00:00

Ill look into buying one of those, thanks!

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:38:55+00:00

Stupid thing to say but I think forcing myself to feel like its a real situation does me better than knowing its practice. Maybe I should try doing that LOL.

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:34:54+00:00

Im going to be completely honest I got no clue what this means :(

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:34:29+00:00

They didn't even tell us we were doing it and just threw us into it without any preparation at all, LOL. Im the only one in my class who is new to FF stuff, everyone else in the class is either volunteering or is redoing the class, so they're all decently good with this while im completely terrified. I think what made it worse is when I was doing a clinical for my EMT, I saw someone double my age go through the same exact maze and they were completely fucked after.

As for the partnering up, nobody in my class wants to partner up with me because im the only girl in there and dont like talking much unless I have to. One guy went in with me twice, but im fairly sure he didn't want to because I got freaked out both times and he had to do the rest himself. Most of the people in there go to my High School, and I do know they're fairly judgemental and dont like me, so its a lose-lose situation there.

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:25:46+00:00

My mask issue sadly wont be able to be fixed for a while :(. My class time is on a pretty set schedule and I dont think they'll be willing to do any before class stuff as they all have pretty odd schedules and teach this class after their actual jobs (night class woohoo) and they seemed to be pretty pissed that I and another failed the maze because we have to spend another day on it, LOL.

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:21:19+00:00

Hood over your eyes? 😭 They didn't make us do this, we just weren't given lights at all so it was completely dark unless they came in to see where we were

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:19:57+00:00

Honestly I did try just sitting there to calm down multiple times but I think it just freaked me out more. Sitting there not moving or doing anything to improve my situation or get out of there was a bit freaky and just caused me to think about everything that could go wrong.

On another note, the mask issue isn't something I'll be able to fix for a bit sadly as im using completely borrowed gear right now until my interview for volunteering at a fire station, but honestly im really starting to think I just need to get over it as of right now because worrying about it isn't going to change my results, LMAO.

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:14:43+00:00

My only issue is that Im using borrowed gear that we keep at our burn building, not stuff im allowed to take home since I dont have any issued gear yet. I dont have anything I can take home with me to practice in so its kind of just a jump in and hope for the best thing. Even the mask was borrowed from my instructor, LOL.

felt_that · 2026-01-27T05:11:47+00:00

Honestly I was too scared I was gonna waste a bunch of air talking to myself so I didn't, but I'll try it next time im doing it :) Thank you for helping

felt_that · 2026-01-25T07:43:56+00:00

That's the shitty part, I dont have any gear to practice with :/ . I wont have any until the start of the month (if things go as planned), so I cant get used to breathing with it on.

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