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Case management?? Please, tell more

Anyone here go EMS-->LPN/LVN-->RN??

piano mover? Wow, sounds almost as bad as transferring bariatric patients! I suppose I may be asking this question for a specific reason. I'm sort of at a crossroads: continue to paramedic school, or enroll in respiratory therapy school where I can make more money and work in a hospital...

Ideally, what career do you either have now or worked in that was exposed to you when you worked as an EMT/Paramedic? No doubt RN's and PA's will be high on this list. Any others? Just curious.

Can you successfully become a paramedic without working as an EMT? Absolutely. Can you make it much easier to become a paramedic and likely learn more at the same time by working as an EMT first? Absolutely. This pretty much sums up how i feel about all the great responses. My overall...

those who got their Basic and eventually went into medic school w/little ems experience: was medic school "do-able" for you? took me almost a year and a half to get a job w/my emt-b cert. as posted previously, doing most exclusively wheelchair transfers. would like to go on to medic school, but...

Hello all, I will be doing the infamous 3 day/24 hr EMT-B refresher course (Oregon) through my employer. Have only worked there for a short-time and have done mostly wheelchair transfers. As my NREMT cert is facing its expiration, I need to take this refresher course to renew it. My concern...

Anyone here worked in this sector? I know the position is more in line with law enforcement/security and less ems, but often these positions ask for direct patient care/interaction as experience. Pay seems to be pretty decent as well (loosely speaking). Thanks!!

great answers from all! I am hoping to start Percom's medic program sometime in 2014, but would like to be prepared as possible! I checked my local training center, and they have some upcoming refresher courses which I will be doing post holidays. Until then, it'll be book reading and online...

Hey all, took my EMT training about 2 years ago, feel like I am gradually losing knowledge, as the ambulance company I work for mostly has their Basics doing wheelchair transfers (no complaining, I am grateful, just explaining myself), thus I find I haven't been able to apply my skills as much...