Hey, kman.
I have been going at this for the past two years. Talked to the guys at the New West recruiting centre in June of 2010. I have 6 years of experience dealing with basic first aid situations as a lifeguard and some Business Communications courses from university and I decided that Med Tech would be the way to go. They told me that Med Techs need the equivalent of PCP training in BC, and to be a PCP you need to be certified as an EMR. They also recommended that I take a Biology 12 equivalent since I only did Chem and Physics in HS. So for the past two years I have been working to pay the rent, getting my education updated, and hunting down references for my application.
Applied in to the CF in August 2011, applied to the Justice Institute in October, was tested, interviewed and got accepted into the Primary Care Paramedic program at the JI in November, took the CF aptitude test in December, did the medical exam in January '12 and later did my interview where the Captain was smiling one second and making me sweat bullets the next. Just recieved my job offer earlier this March for a contract of 6 years at ASU Chilliwack. Now its just attending my enrollment ceremony on April 4th and starting my Primary Care Paramedic course (April 2nd).
I am so nervous, sure I got everything right leading up to this point but I really want to nail my PCP training. From the sound of things BMQ will have me doing alot of things I haven't done before in an environment I have never been in before, but I can adapt and learn. For my EMR training most of the students were at the same level in terms of experience and ability. But for my PCP interview I was with one guy who had seen heavy action in Afghanistan (didn't think he was CF, sounded like he was US Army) and a lady who managed the ER ward at a major hospital in BC. Then there was me, Mr. Lifeguard, granted I probably had cleaned up more pieces of poop than that Army guy had dodged bullets.
I want to prove to myself, more than anything else, that I can take all my book-smarts and apply them to real-life situations or at least super intense simulations.