Hello all,
I'm sure the majority of you are tired of seeing posts like this, but my question is eating away at me, so I'm going to fire away.
I'm 30. I have a mortgage and a soon-to-be wife. No kids to support, but my dog and cats are big eaters. The question is- am I crazy for wanting to give up my mind-numbing but stable and relatively high paying 9-5 for the life of an EMT?
I want to make a difference. I want to help people. I want to not attend brand awareness meetings and not sit in one of a hundred identical gray cubicles. But I need to know realistically if I will be able to-
1. Support my family and pay my bills.
From what I'm reading, you don't make a whole lot with just an EMT-B cert. Which leads me to-
2. Become an EMT-P in a fairly short amount of time.
I know rushing my education is not the smart play. But like I said, I have to be realistic. I can't live on $10 an hour for more than a year or so.
For what it's worth, I live in PA. In Philly to be exact. I am taking the EMT-B course this summer regardless- I just want to gain that knowledge as a life skill. But how about turning that into a career? What say you, wise denizens of this message board? Thank you.
I'm sure the majority of you are tired of seeing posts like this, but my question is eating away at me, so I'm going to fire away.
I'm 30. I have a mortgage and a soon-to-be wife. No kids to support, but my dog and cats are big eaters. The question is- am I crazy for wanting to give up my mind-numbing but stable and relatively high paying 9-5 for the life of an EMT?
I want to make a difference. I want to help people. I want to not attend brand awareness meetings and not sit in one of a hundred identical gray cubicles. But I need to know realistically if I will be able to-
1. Support my family and pay my bills.
From what I'm reading, you don't make a whole lot with just an EMT-B cert. Which leads me to-
2. Become an EMT-P in a fairly short amount of time.
I know rushing my education is not the smart play. But like I said, I have to be realistic. I can't live on $10 an hour for more than a year or so.
For what it's worth, I live in PA. In Philly to be exact. I am taking the EMT-B course this summer regardless- I just want to gain that knowledge as a life skill. But how about turning that into a career? What say you, wise denizens of this message board? Thank you.