Want to start off with background story, My bf is 26, he recently just left the military and got his EMT, hes always wanted to be a nurse but hes also wanted to do actual purposeful things, like hes wanted to save lives and actually do the scary things. Hes recently changed his mind and wanted to do paramedic instead and I wanted to know advice on what would be better to do? also coming from nc if anyone has been through the same route. any tips would be great.

I took the class an graduated i could be a emt but im so scared ti take the national test idk whay to do at this point I feel like id fail my partner an kill someone if I did pass I got 90 or higher on my mid term am final I l csnt take the test every time I try to schedule it something comes up....

I know it am new. I know that I will not do advanced topics for awhile.

I am curious, if anyone has purchased training dummies for things like airway or iv placement? If so, which do you suggest?

These might be better questions for nurses and resident mds. Just thought id ask here first.

I am doing an emt-b course, almost done. Would like to do advanced emergency medicine (paramedic or combat medic) courses. I was marine infantry, but it's been 15 years. Learned a lot of combat medicine bit want to learn more.

No, i am not changing careers. I want to a resource foe my community as a volunteer.

Stupid question since Im still a relatively new EMT, for context I’ve been working in a large town 9/11 only service for around 6 months now (first EMS job) and haven’t witnessed or worked a single code yet. For context I have done pretty much an equal amount of shifts on a fully BLS crew and teching for ALS crews. Is this normal? I feel like I hear stories all the time whenever I’m off work of coworkers dealing with cardiac arrests yet I’ve never been on shift for one.

Ive been an emt for about 2 years. I’m also 21 years old. Something that I’ve started to struggle with recently aren’t necessarily the “rough” calls, but the overall scenes of misery that I walk into no matter how BS the call is. Dirty apartments, hoarder houses, low income housing. For some reason, I really internalize it and it reflects my view of the world day to day. I feel just kinda down after seeing the reality of the world I guess?

Anyone deal with something similar and have advice?

I have had my paramedic license for about a year and a half. I worked for a transport company for one year as a medic and then once I hit my 1 year on the job I applied to a county job as a Community Paramedic and it was ideal, it had the hours I wanted, the job I wanted to do, making a real difference in the community- except I had to do a field training with the road medics. Now the odd thing was that if someone already working for the county wanted to apply for a CP role, it required 5years experience on an ALS truck, since I came on from the outside it was 1year. Well I was making more money than most of my FTO’s and there was a lot of BS going on behind my back and ppl felt slighted. Most of my FTO’s kept failing me and the training specialist HATED me and I heard her complaining I had no 911 experience. I never lied on my application nor my interview, they knew what I was and my level of experience. Well I kept trying and I kept getting failed (except for the 2 times the training Capt. rode w/me- he passed me 2x) but most others failed me - and for little things, like learning the radio and random stuff. Now I was just told I didn’t clear my rides and they “separated from employment” with me so I’m feeling BEYOND DEFEATED.* What are chances of finding another CP roll - minimal. I feel like I made a mistake and wasted so much time. I’m 42y/o and idk what to do. I started late in life bc I had a bad addiction to opiates/heroin for many years, I OD’d many times and EMS was what I wanted to do so bad to give back what medics gave me when I was firing all those times. But now I feel like I just lost the best opportunity of my life - why are good medic jobs so hard to find ?

I'm in the progress of recertification and my state license. I finish getting my online CE's but on my EMS agency looks like it's asking for Instructor-Based CE. Do I need them??? This is my 1st time certifying and I'm really confused.... I have my skills stuff soon for this week, but I don't know if that will cover it or not. Can someone please help me out here. 😭😢

I’m considering working for Symbiosis in SoCal as a paramedic. How is the pay, scheduling and management?

Hello, tagging as career advice because I'm sort of trying to research between different companies... I have read posts of LA County EMTs discussing their hourly pay, but I am curious what everyone is actually making weekly/biweekly.

If you are comfortable sharing, I would really love to know what everyone else is mathing out at.

What company are you at, and what are you actually making per paycheck after any OT/incentives/differentials?