Having already been trained in TCCC/CLS I believe you'll have an edge over some of the other students not having been formerly trained in anything medically oriented. That being said, civilian ems is much different then how the Military does things (i.e EMT-B's don't start IV's in most counties).
As far as what you can do now to prepare for the EMT program, find out which CPR/First aid the emt programs require (it usually is a pre-req) and get that out of the way ASAP.
Also, find out what vaccinations the program requires for clinicals and if you haven't gotten those through the Military already, get them now.
Then get started reading the req'd material for the EMT program. I read out of the Brady Emergency Care book by Michael O'Keefe which is at the 12th edition now.
Last edited by Ouroborous; 05-08-12 at 10:24.
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