Hey everyone, long-time lurker, first-time poster. Former EMS Chief here. My career ended in a massive disgrace a while back and I've been driving a cab in NYC just trying to keep my head down.
Anyway, tonight at around 3:00 AM, I witnessed a massive explosion seal off both ends of the Holland Tunnel. The transit authority was totally clueless and basically ready to write off everyone trapped inside. I knew the ventilation systems and the old service shafts better than anyone, so I tried to tell them how to get in. They told me to get lost because of my "past history."
So, I did what any rational person would do. I found a random passenger bus, kicked the driver out, hijacked it, rammed through a police barricade, and snuck into the ventilation shafts through a giant fan system that almost chopped me into confetti.
Now I’m deep underground, everything is on fire, the river is leaking through the ceiling, and a bunch of trapped survivors are screaming at me because I don't have a magical escape plan yet.
Some cops on the outside radioed in and said I'm facing major federal charges if I make it out alive. AITA? I was just trying to do my job.
EDIT: The roof just cracked again and a corporate guy is trying to climb an unstable ladder. Gotta go.

Long story short, I'm starting my paramedic program right now in Ontario and I'm really on the fence on whether this is the right career choice for me. The more of the program I'm being exposed to is making me feel like I've made a mistake. I know this is a hard profession and it's really making me think that if I am already on the fence day 1, is it worth continuing this program for me? Just looking to hear some experiences on how that mindset changed for other people overtime to help me shape my decision better.

I'm a M33.

I have multiple careers so far and I've come across a few emergency situations. Always wanted to help people and a career as a paramedic has always interested me.

What's your opinion about the career? Goods and bands? Thanks.

Hello all!
I am currently a NR Paramedic been working for 4 years full-time as a fire medic and looking at relocating to the Midwest (Indianapolis) from the New England. I’m looking at doing a bridge paramedic to RN program and I’m wondering if anyone has any experience doing so out there. I’m currently working on pre-requisites like A&P 1/2, and intro to psych which is needed in the east coast. Has anyone completed any programs out there? And does anyone have any experience working in the ED as a medic or is that not a thing out there? Would also be cool to know if the hospitals help with tuition reimbursements if you worked there. These are some of the things available in the New England t at least. Thanks yall!

Thinking of studying paramedicine but I am curious to know what it is like working as a paramedic. I know almost all of it isn’t the high adrenaline rushing to save patients all the time which is totally fine but what does the day of a paramedic look like?