8th Week of EMT-B school

Well the 8th week of EMT-B school is almost over. As with it. I have just wrapped up my second lab. We are taking vitals, doing oxy ADMIN through NRBM and BVMs in accordance with the NREMT. I am loving it so far. Learning all this pre hospital care by hand and actions. Being able to practice and know what to hear for, finding out the different ways how to take blood pressure and pulse, really gives you a better appreciation for the people that do this daily. Though it is something that I myself will want to be doing daily, the chance to be able to have so much practice gets me incredibly excited. It isn't as easy as people would think but it is not as hard either, you just have to want to do it and have a passion for it. Everyday that I study, do a quiz, practice hands-on skills, with this course I feel I am learning something new and something meaningful that will benefit more than just me when I am done learning it. I love this oppurtunity that I have to take this course and I just hope I can, at the end of it, have all the skills and knowledge to pass the nremt exam and be able to have a chance to save peoples lives.

Common core math

Is bullshit!
Common Core Math is going to screw up our next couple of generations. It is a way of doing math in your head, yes, but not everyone processes math in their heads the way it teaches. It is proven ineffective and is already making kids hate math more than they should be if at all. It is an ineffective way for most people to learn how to do math in their head and is confusing to many children of the next couple of generations. Children are already struggling with these concepts and common core will just degrade our education system more than it is already at.

Going blind

My right eye is expected to go blind either in my late 30s or early 40s. You know what this makes me realize, or more or less reaffirm my beliefs. Life is short. Make the most of it with what you have and don't wait around to reach your full potential later on in life. Do everything you can now that you are young and have the energy and time to do it. You may not have the money but you can still do a lot. Learn another language. Reach a fitness goal. Run a marathon for a cause that affects you. Get involved in trying to improve you community. Civic engagement is at an all time low. Do something volunteer somewhere, anywhere for anything. Make a difference in someone's life. Hear and listen to someone's story. Do something that makes you happy that won't get you in trouble. Work on your art whatever it is, music, photography, dancing, drawing, painting or writing, etc. Go for a hike, breathe some fresh air and experience nature. You do not have to go far, find some hiking trails around your area. Just do something productive!

Mental Health

Mental health is a serious issue here in the United States that sadly is not treated with enough respect and dignity and is sometimes turned into either overly used terms or jokes. People that need help should be able to get it without feeling ashamed or shunned. It should also be easy access but that is another issue entirely.

BTS pictures from The Dark Knight Trilogy

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It is a New Year

Worked on new years for 25 an hour. Met and talked with a lot of people and enjoyed the fireworks on the Las Vegas strip, it was cold but very satisfying. Here is to hopefully a better year. Here's to the year I am no longer a teenager, to the many wonderous things to come. What events, adventures, malevolent or benevolent, may we greet them with bravery and wisdom and hope for a great year, but not only hope but do the actions to make it great.

Being in Line

Everyone of us usually finds themselves in line at one time or another. It is an arduous experience that leaves you frustrated, exhausted and angry. Why is impatience such a prolific affliction that most people in the United States have? Why has westernization left so many people impatient and easy to frustrate with something so simple as a line?