EMT Mock Interview
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Other than in your EMT training, have you ever assisted someone who was experiencing an emergency?
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Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
If you have never assisted someone who was experiencing an emergency, no problem, be honest. If you have, describe the experience and what you did to help. The interviewer is looking at your demeanor when explaining the situation and how excitable you might become. It is not bad to be animated, but not overly so. The interviewer wants to see that you can remain calm in an emergency.
Krista Wenz has been on thousands of interview panels hiring EMS professionals and firefighters for public and private agencies.
"I have assisted people several times in an emergency. The most memorable was about a year ago when I was kayaking on the river. I heard people screaming from the shore and saw they were pointing at a child in the water. I paddled over to the child, who was face down in the water and not moving. I pulled him into my boat and paddled to shore. I started CPR while the parents called 911. The parents did not know how to swim, so they were afraid to go into the water. I performed CPR for about two or three minutes, and the child started breathing. It sure was an exciting moment when he coughed up some water and took a breath."
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