Hey my name is Matt and I have been an EMT-B for 3 years from San Diego, CA. I may possibly be moving to Albuquerque, NM next summer. I saw that you have some posts regarding Albuquerque. Is sounds like ABQ ambulance would be the best one. San Diego basically lets EMT-Bs do IFTs and SNF contracted "emergency" calls. I would love to get out of this and drive for 911! Is this hard to get on? In San Diego it is since there are only a handful of these positions and the county is saturated with EMTs. I also saw that another member posted that the state does not accept national registry? How would I go about obtaining a state certificate? In San Diego, we had to submit our NR certificate, course completion, medical examiner card, and two sets of fingerprints. Is it similar to this? I saw that the pay is $11/hr which is about the same here. On a side note, how do you like NM?
Thanks for all your help,
Matt