Hey, Sam I just wanted to comment on your video quality I know that you are new to RU-vid but you have some great video quality compared to other new channels. You also have great video output rate, weekly videos at your quality is amazing. I also want to thank you because I have just started in EMS and your videos have been a great help to me.
PrepMedic sorry I’m just responding but to answer your question on what I want to do in this career. I don’t know. I’m 14 EMS is kind of a family business for me I started riding a truck in February and I’ve learned so much the company I run at just went ALS in January and it has been a great experience I love the people I’ve gotten to work with and they teach me a lot. At the moment I am currently a EMR I hope to go onto my EMT once I turn 16 and then I don’t know what I want to do I kind of want to be a medic but I also have to decide if I want to go to college or not.
Army Reserve boot camp isn't over a weekend. The Army Reserve and National Guard go through the same training in the same amount of time as the active duty Army.
Dam the US has so much progression for paramedics and the independence given to them in comparison to the U.K. is massive so cool really wish uk paramedics had this
Firstly, The UK in the last year made paramedic independent prescribing legal. No offence to the wonderful medics in the states but they are legally held back by not being considered by law to be autonomous and accountable, they have to work under a medical director in most scenarios. In the UK they are a registered health care professional with their own bits written into law, now including being able to train for a prescribing add on. Oh and you can totally do tactical work. All trust's special ops departments will have capability to perform a similar role, often in the SORT or HART teams. twitter.com/ldn_ambulance/status/635453627361062912
This young man has the process down pat. As an old guy his process is long and sometimes not fun but this is the way you do it. If you want to do this save and review this video
Join the Army as a combat medic, all the protocols are based upon combat casualty care. Also consider Navy Corpsman or another service in a combat arms capacity, then go Reserve, and join a Swat team or find a tactical medic position
@@PrepMedic what about the fact that 68W training specifically focuses on the the patient population the Army sees most on the battlefield young otherwise healthy people. I've worked with an EMT who didn't even know how to use a glucometer. They're GREAT for trauma but they can't tell you the difference between asthma and CHF.
@@CHITOWN8072that's what 68c is for, or more advanced individual training such as 18d or Socom medic. Civil affairs medics, and others routinely deal with local populations, so do Navy Independent Duty Corpsman. The history of Physician Assistant is based upon their training. Look it up.
I learned how to use a glucometer as a 68w deployed in a combat zone. I don't want to engage in a pissing contest here brother. I'm not here for that, we were taught by Physicians, in all specialties to include Surgery. It was similar to what Physican Assistant and Medical Residents go through. The First phase is Nremt which is less than 10 weeks. The next phase is tactical medicine. I work civilian EMS now, and just based upon my experience, the training and knowledge gap is staggering. Civilian paramedic is totally different, they deserve props. Once again, I'm not here to engage in a tit for tat, a lot of paramedics I know are Reserve/Guard. They work in many career fields, especially combat arms. This helps to get on a Swat team. Tactics and procedures are identical. My room mate from is currently serving on NYPD ESU. He was a mechanic in Iraq, but he is an EMT B as well, this is a pre requisite to join the team. What's your point?
@@sharmaraul7953 yeah bro I'm not either I should've clarified not all 68W are cut from the same cloth yet they all get that NREMT card. I work civilian EMS and have worked with some great EMTs who got their EMT from 68W AIT and corpsman. However some leave ALOT to be desired. I guess it's about how much they put into it idk. I can personally think of two different EMTs I've worked with that are both 68W. The difference between these two guys is night and day.
What I like about this video is your main “teaching points” aren’t about being the smartest technically speaking but rather about paying your dues and being the the hardest working, willing to build relationships and forming an honest work ethic. Well done young man.
Great video. I have aspirations of becoming a SWAT Physician. Haven't heard of any neurosurgeons doing it but I guess someone has to be the first! Keep up the good work!
Thank you so much for for videos! I'm looking at going into EMS and your videos are so helpful and informative as I'm doing research on how to get into the field as well as different career options in that field.
Dang bro, good stuff man. I just got out the Marines and I’m going for police officer. I’m middle eastern with 4 fluent language skills. I am interested in getting an EMT cert along with my bachelors. I’m aiming to get the veteran sponsorship and I got the GI bill to cover my school man. I also want to go in FBI later on down the road, what are your thoughts man on all this? I’m really trying to be a SWAT medic soon
Dude get any degree (cost decreased with those military benefits) and join a federal agency. With those Arabic skills you’re a steal for any agency, especially with the prior military service.
More importantly, make sure your motive in doing the more menial jobs is to help others, not impress your boss, but genuinely possess a servants heart, for that is the core of law enforcement. No lady or gentleman of moral character sacrifices for selfish gain, but places their life on the line to save complete strangers that hate them. That is a real LEO.
That’s real BS 😂 why are Americans so obsessed with claiming our first responders sacrifice their lives for YOU is mind boggling. My man is trained like a monster, he’s sacrificing NOTHING for these citizens, he’s WORKING. Y’all ain’t worth sacrificing our best men’s lives period. No cat no dog no whiny ass woman or old man, NOBODY is worth a soldiers life, our Alpha men are the most valuable men of society genetically speaking, whoever started the scam of “he sacrifices his life daily” started a scam with clear purpose of of diminishing the acknowledgment and understanding of value of combat and tactics training, high IQ & pure masculinity. Men are natural problem solvers, men Thrive solving problems, the bigger the problem the better, I am a SWAT snipers, Crisis Control Field Commanders wife and I’ll tell ya again, he ain’t sacrificing nothing, he’s WORKING. These sappy democrat Covid karens are out there sacrificing their lives kissing stray cats and dogs and what not. Smart men don’t sacrifice, they work and build and repeat, and they’re quite sensibly selfish, they keep the bacon for their own families they build and they truly don’t give a sprinkle of what anyone thinks. SWAT especially. Yep. That’s that. Bye 👋🏻
Hey man, I'm an Iowa boy too! Taking EMT next fall and enlisting in the army soon, I've found my calling though, as a police officer thanks to the police explorers. God bless brother.
I'm an Iowa guy myself! Done lots of work in Story county as an Emergency Damage Restoration and Mitigation during flood seasons or other disasters. Got my EMT-B cert not too long ago, but I recently changed to the Nursing program to become an RN to work in an ER (possibly trauma center). Nice vid btw :)
Hey Sam, I am an EMT in a Public Safety Department in the NYC Metro area. We already have a Emergency Service Unit in our department however, we are looking to get a tactical medicine team within our local police department. I have already spoke to the Chief of Police and the SWAT Coordinator and they love the idea. So my question is, how did you start the tactical medicine portion of your SWAT team in your area? How did you build the team "From the Ground Up" as they say? It would be interesting to see the answer in one of your Prep Medic videos. Thanks.
Inspiring story of hard work and dedication, I can feel your blood and sweat in the experiences shared here. Keep the content coming, the messages you are spreading of preparedness and going the extra mile is really great and a lot of people need to hear.
Awesome video! I am hoping to achieve this sometime in my career. In your experience with this community, have you seen a lot of PAs doing this work? I am working on my basic emt now to fulfill the clinical hours for PA school. I am hoping to continue to paramedic while working in the ER as a PA.
Great Advice. Most people who are ALREADY part of an elite team got there by a lot of hard work, or they simply can't function. Not very many folks want to take a risk on some prima donna who acts like they're too good to do any drudgery. News Flash: Drudgery seems to be part of every conceivable human endeavor. Choose Wisely. I got interested in first aid in Boy Scouts, and along the way took Red Cross Courses (Like Emergency Wilderness Response and FD C.E.R.T. training two decades back) to the level of first responder. Ended up using all my training on sheep, horses & dogs mostly, on a ranch, with many tutorials from our vet. But then spent more than a decade helping my disabled brother, and all the training was invaluable. Now approaching 70 and I'm still getting more training and learning from YT and my Niece, a physician's assistant, and her daughter, a nurse. Fun Stuff.
From what I've researched at least in Florida they want you to have taken EMT, PARAMEDIC and FLIGHT PARAMEDIC first them reach out to your local swat team for training.
Hello people of RU-vid, I know I’m about 4 years late to this video, but I am very interested in this career path but I am also going into nursing and I’m a bit confused and in need of guidance, if anyone is a swat medic that has been in similar situations like mine, please reach out. Thanks!
Why do you never do any actual medical videos like dash cam or head cam to show some of the stuff you do on a daily basis obviously play the stuff out you can't show on people's faces if necessary just wondering if that's the thing you'd be able to do
Enlist as an 18D or 75th as a 68W. Get your degree get out & fast track to an FBI medic. You don’t have to do bitch work to “work your way up” this is the path to take if you’re a civilian & are not willing to join the military
PrepMedic nah i know medics already in from the SOF community. You can be directly hired by the FBI as a medic and attend their pipeline w/ a nurse, Paramedic, EMT, or Physician background. Transitioning from the military is the way to go. Better points above your CIVILIAN peers and loads more experience ahead of them.
I work as a “street” medic in a busy Southwest Louisiana area. They don’t have these types of jobs “posted”. I am very interested in cross training as I am already a firefighter. Do you have anymore suggestions?
PrepMedic don’t want to be a firefighter but swat medic caught my attention for how prestigious the job is my goal was always to be on the swat team I’m going into the police academy next month
You were on the right track. Their initial training is done all at once (at least 3-4 months), but their readiness training is one weekend a month and at least 2 weeks out of the year.
Yes, I just didn't want people to believe that misconception. Except its never really just only a weekend as I have learned from being a reservist, the "weekend" usually includes Thursday through Monday plus 28 days straight of JRTC a year lol
Now I’m not sure if I’m interested in the medic area but I want to be involved in SWAT, and I am trying to go through the cop path where I do Cadet program to being in law enforcement and into SWAT, does that work? And does anyone have any recommendations or heads up?
Army Reserve boot camp is the same fucking boot camp the active and guard go to. They are all mixed in at the same bases. I love your videos, but that comment set me off from how stupid it was.
Don’t you have to be hired by the LE agency and work for them for a number of years before you’re eligible to try out for swat? Did you work as a reserve deputy and a paramedic at the same time? Or did you leave the medical field to be a reserve deputy? I’m just trying to get a more clear understanding of what is required for a paramedic to get into an LE agency and further more into tactical medicine
Do you know of any tactical medics that are nurse practitioners or nurses? Will being a nurse or NP allow me to have enough time to contribute effectively to a tactical team?
Try that approach in a inner city. Like the man said don’t go into it just wanting to be on a SWAT team. Become a Sherif and than figure out what it takes to become SWAT certified. Most realist approach
Awesome video! I am a medically discharged combat vet who recently graduated and started working as an RN. Ive always wanted to be in LE but turned towards medical after i got out of the military. Is there a way i can bridge into LE as an RN? I will be persuing my bachelors in nursing soon and would love to move towards tactical medicine. Ive heard of forensics nursing before but is not someting im too interested in but still open to.
Just saw this video and I enjoyed it so much. I am a police explorer with my local police department while I finish going to school. Do you have a college degree or just certificates in trades like EMT and paramedic? Thanks for this amazing video.
Usually not without additional training and it all depends on the agency you want to join. At a minimum you would need to be trained in advanced airways and RSI prior.
Bro, at 5:56 no one checked behind the door. And you guys are SWAT. You're going to be applying tourniquets to yourselves if you don't get in the habbit of checking them red zones.
Hey, so I am currently signing up to become an EMT. I volunteered as a firefighter and learned a few basic back as a teenager but I wouldn’t say I remember them fully, I find myself nervous but excited. Do you have any advice for someone who’s pretty fresh as in not knowing to much but truly loves helping people?
I am a current nursing student, graduating this upcoming May. I am probably going to go into emergency room nursing or critical care. Do you think it would be possible to use this as a bridge over into tactical emergency medicine?
You can but it is a little less common. Nurses training is very different then Paramedics so you would need to take a couple classes on advanced airway management and have a doc sign off on you doing intubations etc...
Yeah. The TCCC guidelines have been updated and state to put the TQ 3-4 inches above the wound if you know where the bleeding is and high and tight if you do not.