I treated my first patient on monday. I wobbled through my first step into the allied health services. I suppose you could say that I took it when I got my EMT cetification, but no matter how certified you are it doesn't really count untill you've actually used it. You never know for sure about what you can do untill you've done it; untill you've had your trial by fire.
Now, mind you this wasn't a combination five car pile-up/gunshot wound/chemical weapons threat that I had to deal with here...all the same though, there is a difference between having never applied what you learned at all in a real situation and knowing that you at least can do the basics.
Actually, there were two calls, neither or which was deathly serious. The first was about as minor as it gets, but the second one involved more real work.

On a similarly medical note, I shadowed a doctor in Lehigh Valley Hospital today, and it was awsome. I don't think I have the words to describe just how badly I want practice internal medicine. Honestly, I can't think of a more awsome job in the whole world right now. Well, there go any doubts I may have had. Medical school, here I come (Now I just have to get in...).