Internet Browsing

Over the past few days I've been doing some ambulance ride time for my paramedic clinicals and it's been pretty slow.  So, I've spent my time browsing the internet.  Among my searches I have found some sites I thought everybody might be interested in.

The first one is survivalistboards.com

Its a forum for preppers and survivalist.  Its got a lot of information on just about any topic you can think of, and my favorite part is that it has a whole library of books that have expired copyrights that members can download.  I've spent a lot of time on this one and really love it.

The second is foodinsurance.com

They have plans for prepping long term food storage.  The prices break down to about $3 a meal which is pretty good for the variety they offer.  They also offer a payment plan if your wanting to store for a longer period of time but cant afford to pay for it all at once.

The third you probably all know and love cheaperthandirt.com

Cheaper than dirt has all sorts of stuff to help you get prepared for just about anything and the prices are pretty good.

Over a year

Ok so I realize its been over a year since I have posted but class has been super busy and there were some legal issues with trying to talk about some things from class. Specifically, stuff from my clinical sites. So instead i decided to dedicate my blog more to my personal activities, such as my outdoor activities and prepping. Now i don't plan on revealing all the information from my preps because i value the fact that some stuff only i know about. I will also occasionally be posting stuff from my gun club. Part of the reason we started the gun club was because, well first of all we all love guns, but also because being truly prepared for most situations that could happen are nearly impossible by yourself. During meetings we discuss our plan for when @#$% hits the fan along with other club activities such as range days and such. If you live in Howell County, MO and are interested we would love to have you, just contact me for more info.

Over the past year i have also become much more interested in my health. I started working with a company called Genesis PURE. It is a company founded by the world noted nutritionist Dr. Lindsey Duncan. The company focuses on making supplements from wild harvested super fruits. Over the past year I have changed my diet and my workout schedule and have started feeling a lot better but I wasn't exactly where i wanted to be. Then my friend introduced me to Genesis PURE. After just a month I could notice a huge change, specifically more energy during the day. Its a little expensive but my health was worth it, and man was I glad i tried it. Then the company got even better, I went ahead and paid the membership to get my products at wholesale price. I told a few of my friends about the products and got them signed up. Next thing I knew I was making commission off of them. Needless to say I got really interested in using the company in a businesses. By only committing ten hours a week or less to the company I make enough to pay for my products and feed my backpacking habit. Anyway, check it out if your interested check out my site, www.genesispureforme.com. If not check on back to see what me and my friends are up too outdoors.

Introduction

Alright to start things off, a little about myself.  My name is cj ray and I currently live in west plains, mo.  I've been an EMT for three years now and been fighting fire for 4 years. The start of my fire fighting was on a small volunteer department in my home town of eminence.  After graduating high school I moved to west plains where I started part time on a paid on call fire department and full time on an ambulance service.  Ive been at both for almost a year now.  About a month ago I decided to take my education (and pay scale) to the next level, so I started a Paramedic program.  So far its been great, but I can tell already its going to be alot of hard work and probably take up most of my social life.  However, I have high hopes and the payout will be very worth it in the end. 

So that's where my life is at right now, and I thought there might be some people curious about the training of the people that they call to come too their house in their most desperate times, so I started this blog to keep people informed.  Paramedic class is made up of three different blocks, the first of these blocks is mostly in class studying.  So most of my posts during this time will be the type of stuff I'm learning in class and the problems I'm finding/holes I have to fill in myself.  We can't learn everything on our own, nor can we expect our instructor to teach us everything.  Needless to say we're gonna have to put or nose to the grindstone and get out there and find more information if we want to come out and be some of the best.

The second block is a good mixture of both classroom time and clinical time.  For those of you that don't know what clinicals are that's where we get out in the field and start to use the knowledge and practice the skills we've learned under very close supervision.  Then finally the third block, which is almost all clinical time and the time that is spent in the classroom is used to prepare for testing.  After all the classroom material is covered and all clinicals have been completed we are released to go test on a national and state level.  After passing both state and federal level testing, the past 18 months pays off and were allowed to start working as a licensed Paramedic.

That's just a quick overview of what the layout of the class will entail.  Please join me for this this long but interesting ride into the depths of the works of emergency medicine.