Transitioning out of 911 system, need some guidance. Please

[RocketMedic]

Trauma, your current company wants meat on the seat and billable reports. That's it. If you want to develop, find a new job. ED tech, government service, anything else.

If you really want PSD, you need to start looking at the military, because PSD is a very small market with a very selective process and they really don't care what you've done if you're an alternative entrant. Without green hats or tridents or whatever weird thing PJs wear, I wouldn't waste the time applying. With that being said, the vast majority of a "tactical medic" job is not medical at all.

If you want to fly like Vent, you need to go to medic or RN school and get some experience as such, stay light and apply. Of you can't do that at your current employer, move.

 

[MackTheKnife]

You only have to enlist for three years. Eight is the "full" commitment, counting inactive reserve time, which you won't get called up for.

You are correct in that you may not end up a combat medic, but even if you don't, you already have way more field experience in prehospital medicine than any conventional medic and probably more than a few SF ones. Simple answer is that most medics don't do anything combat related, even if they are assigned to a combat unit and deploy in that capacity. If you want injury, naval corpsmen do a lot of primary care as well.

As for kids....plenty of people have kids on the Army.

She could get called up in reserves.

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[Trauma Angel]

She could get called up in reserves.

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Which I am more than fine with. Honestly if I do end up going military I'd go active duty. If that's where I end up than let's go.. all or nothing. That's how I see it anyway

 

[MackTheKnife]

Go active duty. Navy Corpsman, Army medic. Get the GI Bill, separate, stay in reserves. Go to school and get paid doing it. Figure out if you want to go paramedic or nursing, etc.

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[SandpitMedic]

I'd investigate the age restrictions for enlisted vs. commissioned and active vs. reserve vs. national guard.

At 31 there may be branches of uniformed service that she is unable to join.

 

[MackTheKnife]

Last I heard, up to age 39.