Sure. Go to Paramedic School. Do well. Compete in an exhaustive hiring process. Complete 3000 more hours of training. Then ride with Medic 1.
i always was told that you needed hours as an EMT before you could go to Medic...but i trained in California and dont know that much about Washington as far as that goesDon't you need like two years of experience as an EMT and/or Seattle Firefighter/EMT first?
KCMO is a whole different ballgame... You either need to be hired by one of 4 fire departments, Seattle being one of them. Or you need to be hired by the county where you will work as a medic for the bottom half of the county and not be apart of a fire department. The hiring process is about the same as it would be for a fire department. they just did testing for KCMO and I think their might be one date left for testing.
Here is the link to all the information you might need. http://www.kingcounty.gov/healthservices/health/ems/MedicOne/careers.aspx
As a side note. you can get your BA in paramedicine from UW School of Medicine if you take a few extra classes before and after.
Actually, you don't need to be hired by any fire department. King County Medic One is a non-fire based EMS provider in King County, it is one of 5 911 ALS providers in the county...
Actually, you don't need to be hired by any fire department. King County Medic One is a non-fire based EMS provider in King County, it is one of 5 911 ALS providers in the county...
Again, the ONLY places where the OP can work as an EMT-B in King County are: AMR, TriMed or R/M.
What about on Grey's Anatomy?
You guys keep talking about KCM1 like it's an option... this guy is looking for info on work as a basic. He's a new EMT and has NO IDEA how EMS in King County works and what a quagmire it is.
Let's focus on getting him hooked up with a BLS service so he can get his WA cert and get some experience under his belt.
Again, the ONLY places where the OP can work as an EMT-B in King County are: AMR, TriMed or R/M.
You've got to have experience to work as an ER Tech at Seattle Grace.
...and anyway, what are you doing posting here? Shouldn't you be working on that Toothbrush Fence?
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I put in an app with R/M...Tri-Med sent me an app package...i cant even get a hold of AMR...so thats where i am at lol
Really? Did you go there and ask for an application? Did you call? There have a recruiter, Jennifer, who works out of the Portland office but covers all of the Northwest.
Here's some help for you:
AMR-Seattle
13075 Gateway Drive South
Tukwila, WA 98168-3342
(206) 444-4440
There are THOUSANDS of EMTs in the Seattle area. Sadly. most will never work in the field or get their Washington Cert. The ones that do are the one that GO AFTER THE JOBS. Nobody is going to hand it to you.
Good luck.
There are THOUSANDS of EMTs in the Seattle area. Sadly. most will never work in the field or get their Washington Cert.