JohnDavid-student
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Hello, I'm an aspiring EMT and have a few questions for you all if you would be so kind to answer them. A bit of background, I am a junior in high school, looking into to maybe taking an EMT-basic course at my local Technical Institute, Lake Tech. I have yet to talk to people about how good the program is, so it's still sort of up in the air. Some things I am wondering about are..
-Is it a good idea to take the EMT course at a tech school, while still in high school? I was planning on maybe having first period AP anatomy, some other class, and then finishing my day at Lake Tech. I think the anatomy course would help with immersion in my EMT course.
-What kind of advancement opportunities are there for EMT's besides EMT1, 2, 3 , and paramedic? Does the career allow much breathing room for taking college classes, while still making enough money to get by?
-Do I need to get some other certification, like FF, to be competitive in the job market?(Florida)
-What would you suggest for preliminary EMT reading?
Thanks for all the feedback, and here is the Lake Tech EMT program(.PDF) for anyone curious. -http://laketech.org/pdfs/EMT_2007-2008.pdf
-Is it a good idea to take the EMT course at a tech school, while still in high school? I was planning on maybe having first period AP anatomy, some other class, and then finishing my day at Lake Tech. I think the anatomy course would help with immersion in my EMT course.
-What kind of advancement opportunities are there for EMT's besides EMT1, 2, 3 , and paramedic? Does the career allow much breathing room for taking college classes, while still making enough money to get by?
-Do I need to get some other certification, like FF, to be competitive in the job market?(Florida)
-What would you suggest for preliminary EMT reading?
Thanks for all the feedback, and here is the Lake Tech EMT program(.PDF) for anyone curious. -http://laketech.org/pdfs/EMT_2007-2008.pdf